Dusty Answer
A Novel
$53.62
- Paperback
332 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2015
Summary
Rosamond Lehmann’s first novel, now a classic of British literature, tells a luminous story of friendship, discovery, and forbidden love
This debut novel, set in the early 1900s, tells the story of Judith Earle, a solitary only child growing up in a sprawling house in the Thames Valley. From an early age, she is fascinated by the six cousins who live next door.
There’s boring, faithful Martin, of the red cheeks and perennially scabby knees; beautiful, aristocratic Charlie, whom J…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781497695191 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1497695198 |
| Author: | Rosamond Lehmann |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Imprint: | Open Road Media |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 332 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 381g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 133mm x 203mm |
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”[Lehman] is immensely readable, acute, passionate, funny and original.” –Elizabeth Jane Howard
”[Lehman] is immensely readable, acute, passionate, funny and original.” –Elizabeth Jane Howard
“It will consume you entirely, transforming your whole inner life for the time it takes to read.” –Jonathan Coe
About The Author
Rosamond Lehmann
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.
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