The Rainbow

This novel by the author of Sons and Lovers follows three generations of a family in rapidly changing England.

One of the Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century

In a story ranging from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, The Rainbow explores the passions and relationships experienced by each generation of the Brangwen family as the world around them grows more urban and industrialized. Tom Brangwen is a farmer who does not venture beyond...