The Weather in the Streets

The Weather in the Streets - Paperback

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The Weather in the Streets - Paperback

The Weather in the Streets - Paperback

by Rosamond Lehmann
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by Rosamond Lehmann (Author)

In 1930s England, an encounter on a train leads to an illicit affair, in this novel of "spare, poetic prose" by the author of Invitation to the Waltz (Joyce Carol Oates).

Just ten years ago, Olivia Curtis attended her first dance. Now she is divorced and living with her cousin in London. When she gets a call notifying her that her father is gravely ill, she makes preparations to return to Tulverton, in the English countryside--and on the railway journey home, she runs into Rollo Spencer, her girlhood crush.

He and Olivia once shared a fleeting, magical moment on a moonlit terrace that she has never forgotten. Now, fate has thrown them together again, and in spite of the fact that Rollo is married, they embark on a clandestine affair.

The Weather in the Streets charts the tempestuous course of Olivia and Rollo's forbidden relationship, from the first throes of passion through the toll of their deception on Olivia as she confronts the harsh reality of being the other woman. A novel ahead of its time that touched on a variety of taboo subjects, it is an enduring classic by an author who "has always written brilliantly of women in love" (Margaret Drabble).

Author Biography

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 aCommanderof the Order of the British Empire(CBE)in 1982 and remains one of the most distinguished novelists of the twentieth century."

Number of Pages: 368
Dimensions: 0.82 x 8 x 5.25 IN
Publication Date: April 28, 2015
ISBN9781504003100
Author Rosamond Lehmann
PublisherOpen Road Media
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages368
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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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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