Rosamond Lehmann
Lehmann was a distinguished novelist of female sensibility and disappointed love, whose Dusty Answer and The Echoing Grove are among the finest explorations of romantic emotion in twentieth-century British fiction. Her prose has a lyrical intensity matched only by Woolf.
Works
- Dusty AnswerNovel of female adolescence, education, and romantic awakening at Cambridge
- Invitation to the WaltzNovel of romantic anticipation and social preparation for a debutante ball
- The Weather in the StreetsNovel of passion and middle-aged regret during a chance reunion in London
- The Echoing GroveNovel exploring the echo of past love between two women friends
- A Note in MusicNovel of muted romance and emotional awakening between two women