Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 54 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood Rainbow's End Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Rainbow's End" by Rex Beach is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative immerses readers in the lush landscape of Cuba, where the lives of the Varona family unfold against a backdrop of political turmoil, lost treasures, and shifting social dynamics. The main characters include Don Esteban Varona, a wealthy planter grappling with personal tragedy and hidden wealth, his stepmother Dona Isabel, whose greed leads her down a dark path, and Sebastian, the loyal slave whose past connects deeply with the family's secrets. The opening of "Rainbow's End" presents a vivid description of the idyllic Yumuri Valley, setting a scene of beauty that contrasts sharply with the unfolding drama of the Varona family. After the sudden death of his wife, Dona Rosa, Don Esteban grapples with grief while maintaining the enigmatic allure of a hidden treasure associated with his family's legacy. As Esteban's children, Esteban Jr. and Rosa, begin to grow up amid the tumult, tensions develop with his new wife, Dona Isabel, whose obsession with wealth clouds her judgment. Meanwhile, Sebastian, the slave, carries the knowledge of the treasure, setting in motion a series of events that intertwine loyalty, betrayal, and a quest for fortune against the rich backdrop of Cuba's historical landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1895-1898 -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 735800 735695 2024-10-03T03:52:26.773787 2023-10-03T04:26:07.434960 text/html text/html 735793 735688 2024-10-03T03:52:27.109766 2023-10-03T04:26:07.675993 text/html text/html 358195 2024-10-03T03:52:38.464184 application/epub+zip 369118 2024-10-03T03:52:30.496736 application/epub+zip 355543 2024-10-03T03:52:29.062811 application/epub+zip 615996 2024-10-03T03:52:44.672197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 572902 2024-10-03T03:52:37.557689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541178 2022-09-03T05:46:17.044005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 670126 670072 2024-10-03T03:52:26.211808 2023-10-03T04:26:07.005979 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 669947 2013-05-01T20:33:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267226 2013-05-01T20:43:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19316 2024-10-03T03:52:44.802149 application/rdf+xml 11871 2024-10-03T03:52:29.666769 image/jpeg 3251 2024-10-03T03:52:29.351725 image/jpeg 353283 2024-10-03T03:52:27.172800 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia