Rosamond Lehmann

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Rosamond Lehmann

1901–1990

A sharp, emotionally perceptive British novelist, she became known for fiction that explored love, memory, and the inner lives of women with unusual sensitivity. Her debut, Dusty Answer, brought her early acclaim and helped establish her as a distinctive literary voice of the 20th century.

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Dusty answer

Dusty answer

by Rosamond Lehmann

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Elämänhurman häipyessä

by Rosamond Lehmann

About the author

Born in Buckinghamshire in 1901, Rosamond Lehmann was a British novelist, short story writer, playwright, and translator. She is closely associated with the literary world around the Bloomsbury Group, and her work often focused on complicated relationships, youth, loss, and the shifting texture of feeling.

Her first novel, Dusty Answer (1927), drew wide attention, and she went on to write well-known books including Invitation to the Waltz and The Weather in the Streets. Readers and critics have admired her for the psychological depth of her fiction and for the way she captured moments of longing, vulnerability, and change.

Lehmann died in London in 1990. Her books continue to be read for their elegance, honesty, and close understanding of emotional life.