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Rosamond Lehmann

    February 3, 1901 – March 12, 1990

    Rosamond Lehmann was a significant British novelist whose work often explored the complexities of human relationships and the search for identity. Her early novels were noted for their bold portrayals of female protagonists navigating romantic and sexual desires in an era of social constraint. Lehmann's style is characterized by its penetrating psychological insight and lyrical prose, capturing the subtle nuances of human experience. Her fiction delves into themes of love, loss, and spiritual seeking with deep empathy and artistry.

    Rosamond Lehmann
    The Swan In The Evening
    Dusty Answer
    Invitation To The Waltz
    The weather in the streets
    The Echoing Grove
    A Sea-Grape Tree
    • 2006

      A Sea-Grape Tree

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The Sequel to The Ballad and the Source, A Sea-Grape Tree was Rosamond Lehmann's last novel.

      A Sea-Grape Tree
    • 2006

      The Echoing Grove

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.0(26)Add rating

      One of Rosamond Lehmann's most acclaimed novels A widely acclaimed novel by one of Virago Modern Classic's bestselling and best-loved classic novelists

      The Echoing Grove
    • 1982

      The Swan In The Evening

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.4(49)Add rating

      A personal memoir of a great writer and a rare and important spiritual autobiography

      The Swan In The Evening
    • 1981

      A novel of searing honesty and a passionate portrayal of forbidden love. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

      The weather in the streets
    • 1978

      Dusty Answer

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.8(613)Add rating

      Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love, of mothers and daughters MARGARET DRABBLE

      Dusty Answer
    • 1947

      Invitation To The Waltz

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.9(1099)Add rating

      *A classic coming-of-age novel from one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century

      Invitation To The Waltz