Rosamond Lehmann

One of the most remarkable British writers of the twentieth century With brilliant dialogue and intense passages of elation and despair, The Weather In The Streets takes you on the rollercoaster of their relationship — Esther Freud, Sunday Telegraph Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes — English Pen The first writer to filter her...

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' - ENGLISH PEN 'Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own particular acumen' - ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD In 1933 we meet Rebecca, heroine of The Ballad and the Source - but in a different world, on many...

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'The lyrical, sensuous quality . . . puts her immediately into the front rank of English writers' THE TIMES 'It will consume you . . . transforming your whole inner life for the time it takes to read' JONATHAN COE 'She is immensely readable, acute, passionate, funny and original'...

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'The first writer to filter her stories through a woman's feelings and perceptions' – ANITA BROOKNER 'Every emotional ripple is beautifully observed: the hideous anticipation' – GUARDIAN 'Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love, of mothers, of daughters' – MARGARET DRABBLE A diary for her innermost thoughts,...

One of the most remarkable British writers of the twentieth century 'The first writer to filter her stories through a woman's feelings and perceptions' — Anita Brookner 'I cannot doubt that this is Miss Lehmann's best and most permanent book' — Raymond Mortimer 'Unconventional in structure, in characterisation and development of story... Unforgettable' — New York Herald Tribune The tale...

One of the most remarkable British writers of the twentieth century 'A love triangle of bruising intensity, with a highly intricate and elegant structure' Clare Chambers 'Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own peculiar acumen' Elizabeth Jane Howard 'Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love' Margaret Drabble Two sisters: Madeleine and Dinah. One husband: Rickie Masters. For...

INTRODUCED BY LUCY CALDWELL 'With brilliant dialogue and intense passages of elation and despair, The Weather in the Streets takes you on the rollercoaster of their relationship' — ESTHER FREUD, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' — ENGLISH PEN 'The first writer to filter her stories through a woman's feelings & perceptions'...