num_pages: 491
description: Set in the rural Midlands of England, The Rainbow (1915) revolves around three generations of the Brangwens, a strong, vigorous family, deeply involved with the land. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them. All are seeking individual fulfilment, but it is Ursula, Anna's spirited daughter, who, in search for self-knowledge, rejects the conventional role of womanhood.
language: English
title: The Rainbow
titlecomplete: The Rainbow
characters: Ursula Brangwen, Anna Brangwen, Anton Skrebensky, Tom Brangwen, Gudrun Brangwen
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Novels, Romance, Classics, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 20308
places: Nottinghamshire, England, Midlands, England, England
series: Brangwen Family
publisher: Penguin Classics