LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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a poem by Wordsworth
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a short story by Somerset Maugham
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a novel by D. H. Lawrence
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a verse by Coleridge
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Rainbow, novel by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1915. The novel was officially banned after it was labeled obscene, and unsold copies were confiscated. The story line traces three generations of the Brangwen family in the Midlands of England from 1840 to 1905.
Detailed explanation-2: -Set in the rural midlands of England, D.H. Lawrence’s ‘The Rainbow’ explores the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family, conveying how their rural existence is gradually but profoundly changed by the influx of industry and urbanism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The symbol of the rainbow on which the novel ends is a symbol of hope and promise. The rainbow is a pledge of rightness, of continuity and adjustment.
Detailed explanation-4: -D.H. Lawrence drafted The Rainbow, originally titled “The Sisters, ” from March 1913 to September 1915.