{"product_id":"excellent-women-rainbow-2-vol-classic-novels-bundle-folio-society-vgc","title":"Bundle: Rainbow \u0026 Excellent Women","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n A two-volume collection of novels and works of classic literature issued as illustrated luxury hardback books by London-based publisher Folio Society. Includes the following titles:\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n   \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n    \u003cb\u003e\n     Excellent Women\n    \u003c\/b\u003e\n    by Barbara Pym. Introduced by A.N.Wilson. 7 colour illustrations by Debra McFarlane. Mid-brown endpapers. Bound in pale pink cloth blocked on all sides with an orange, brown and gilt picture. Dark brown slipcase. 206pp. 26x15.7cm.\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    One of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies, Excellent Women has at its center Mildred Lathbury, a clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. She is one of those \"excellent women,\" the smart, supportive, repressed women who men take for granted. As Mildred gets embroiled in the lives of her new neighbors—anthropologist Helena Napier and her handsome, dashing husband, Rocky, and Julian Malory, the vicar next door—the novel presents a series of snapshots of human life as actually, and pluckily, lived in a vanishing world of manners and repressed desires.\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n   The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence. Introduction by Richard Hoggart. 19 leaves of illustrations by Charles Raymond. Full orange cloth binding with a design in black by Raymond. Pale blue endleaves. Dark blue slipcase. 25.3x16cm. 432pp.\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003cspan arial background-color:=\"\" font-size:=\"\" montserrat nova proxima=\"\" rgb sans-serif style=\"color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"\u003e\n    D. H. Lawrence's controversial classic,\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003ci arial background-color:=\"\" font-size:=\"\" montserrat nova proxima=\"\" rgb sans-serif style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"\u003e\n    The Rainbow\n   \u003c\/i\u003e\n   \u003cspan arial background-color:=\"\" font-size:=\"\" montserrat nova proxima=\"\" rgb sans-serif style=\"color: rgb(30, 25, 21); font-family: \"\u003e\n    , follows the lives and loves of three generations of the Brangwen family between 1840 and 1905. Their tempestuous relationships are played out against a backdrop of change as they witness the arrival of industrialization - the only constant being their unending attempts to grasp a higher form of existence symbolized by the persistent, unifying motif of the \"rainbow\". Lawrence's fourth novel, a prequel to Women in Love, is an invigorating, absorbing tale about the undying determination of the human soul.\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e\n \u003cdiv\u003e\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n   \u003cdiv\u003e\n    Please look closely at the photos as they are part of the description. Will wrap and pack very carefully. Will post worldwide.\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv\u003e\n    Any questions please ask. In the unlikely event you do encounter a problem, please do message me first to resolve it, and I will do my best to help.\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv\u003e\n    All the books are stored in our smoke-free, climate-controlled shop in Surbiton, London.\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54986372317523,"sku":"18151","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/10_5e4ce394-a61f-4fce-abda-464ba707856a.jpg?v=1789769844","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/excellent-women-rainbow-2-vol-classic-novels-bundle-folio-society-vgc","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}