Lawrence, D. H

The story of the lives and emotional conflicts of two sisters. Ursula falls in love with Birkin and Gudrum has a tragic affair with Gerald, the son of the local colliery owner.

Set in the rural midlands of England, the Rainbow recounts the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family, but it is far more ambitious than a family history. Using the language of religious experience, Lawrence shows the struggle of the individual human consciousness in confronting an unknowable, infinite reality beyond the commonplace social self.

The story of three generations of a Nottingham family whose love affairs move backward and forward across the years.

A collection of short poems, mainly on themes suggested by the natural world.

A boy growing up in a household where there is no love and no luck but always a shortage of money develops an uncanny ability to pick horse-race winners while furiously riding his wooden rocking-horse.