Rosamond Lehmann

Invitation to the Waltz Rosamond Lehmann

Marc Notes: Richly evoking the texture of middle-class England, this classic work captures the emotions of a young girl on the threshold of life. It portrays 17-year-old Olivia Curtis as she anticipates her first dance.; Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Review Quotes: "The kind of novel that Keats might have written." --Alfred Noyes "Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love." --Margaret Drabble "A novelist in the grand tradition . . . an innovator . . . the first writer to filter her stories through a woman's feelings and perceptions." --Anita Brookner "No English writer has told of the pains of women in love more truly or more movingly than Rosamond Lehmann." --Marghanita LaskiBiographical Note: Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) was born on the day of Queen Victoria's funeral, in Buckinghamshire, England, the second of four children. In 1927, a few years after graduating from the University of Cambridge, she published her first novel, "Dusty Answer," to critical acclaim and instantaneous celebrity. Lehmann continued to write and publish between 1930 and 1976, penning works including "The Weather in the Streets," "The Ballad and the Source," and the short memoir "The Swan in the Evening." Lehmann was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished novelists of the twentieth century. Contributor Bio:  Lehmann, Rosamond Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) was born on the day of Queen Victoria's funeral, in Buckinghamshire, England, the second of four children. In 1927, a few years after graduating from the University of Cambridge, she published her first novel, "Dusty Answer", to critical acclaim and instantaneous celebrity. Lehmann continued to write and publish between 1930 and 1976, penning works including "The Weather in the Streets", "The Ballad and the Source", and the short memoir "The Swan in the Evening". Lehmann was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished novelists of the twentieth century.