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All D H Lawrence fans should have a copy of 'the rainbow'. He writes prose in such a poetic way, it is beautiful to read. This is a free book on kindle so I shouldn't complain, but I think the censoring for kindle was a bit unnecessary.
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I found this novel hard work. I have read 'Sons and Lovers' a couple of times and quite enjoyed it. So I thought I would read another Lawrence book, and 'The Rainbow' is a free download on Kindle, so why not?
This book made me wonder why Lawrence is regarded as a great writer. It rambles on and on, is very repetitive in places (how many times does he use the word 'fecund' or 'fecundity'? Well according to Kindle Search, 32 times). And his exaggerated descriptions of emotions annoyed me - when one character upsets another, or says something they don't like, they go into a 'mad rage' or are gripped with a 'horrible sickness'.
I read a lot of classics, particularly Hardy, and get pleasure from most of them. The Rainbow was like reading a book for 'A' level where you have to work hard to try and understand what the writer is getting at. Fine if you like that sort of thing, but these days I tend to read books for the story rather than as preparation for an English Literature exam.
I don't think this book offers much to the modern reader, it seems to go on forever and I certainly was glad to get to the end of it. It made me realise what a brilliant job Ken Russell did in making a half decent film of this novel, but then he did omit the boring bits (about nine tenths of the book!) It is almost as though this book and 'Sons and Lovers' were written by different people.
Rachel Cusk of The Guardian says reading Lawrence 'remains a subversive, transformative, life-altering act.' To me it isn't. I didn't enjoy reading the Rainbow.
This book made me wonder why Lawrence is regarded as a great writer. It rambles on and on, is very repetitive in places (how many times does he use the word 'fecund' or 'fecundity'? Well according to Kindle Search, 32 times). And his exaggerated descriptions of emotions annoyed me - when one character upsets another, or says something they don't like, they go into a 'mad rage' or are gripped with a 'horrible sickness'.
I read a lot of classics, particularly Hardy, and get pleasure from most of them. The Rainbow was like reading a book for 'A' level where you have to work hard to try and understand what the writer is getting at. Fine if you like that sort of thing, but these days I tend to read books for the story rather than as preparation for an English Literature exam.
I don't think this book offers much to the modern reader, it seems to go on forever and I certainly was glad to get to the end of it. It made me realise what a brilliant job Ken Russell did in making a half decent film of this novel, but then he did omit the boring bits (about nine tenths of the book!) It is almost as though this book and 'Sons and Lovers' were written by different people.
Rachel Cusk of The Guardian says reading Lawrence 'remains a subversive, transformative, life-altering act.' To me it isn't. I didn't enjoy reading the Rainbow.
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