Titre
Invitation to the Waltz
Auteur
Rosamond Lehmann
Langue
anglais
Éditeur
Penguin Books (nummer 328)
Prix
€ 1,90(Excl. toute livraison)
Détails
Pagina's en omslag (zie afbeelding) verkleurd.
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On her seventeenth birthday, Olivia Curtis receives: a diary for her innermost thoughts, a china ornament, a ten-shilling note and a roll of flame-coloured silk for her first ball dress. She anticipates the dance, the greatest and most terrifying event of her life so far, with uncertainty and excitement. For her pretty sister Kate, it is sure to be a triumph, but what will it be for shy, awkward Olivia?
Rosamond Lehmann, one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century, perfectly captures the emotions of a girl poised on the threshold of womanhood.
auteur: Rosamond Lehmann
ISBN: n/a
taal: Engels
uitgever: Penguin Books (nummer 328)
jaartal: 1962 ? (oorspronkelijk: 1932)
bindwijze: pocket
aantal pagina's: 174
Pagina's en omslag (zie afbeelding) verkleurd.
The Guardian:
There's a timeless quality to the world presented in Rosamond Lehmann's novel of 1932. In the character of 17-year-old Olivia Curtis, readying herself for her first big dance, Lehmann perfectly captures what it is to be caught between girlhood and womanhood; despite the intervening decades, so many of Olivia's worries will be acutely, painfully familiar to anyone who has ever been young, shy and self-conscious.
Though the bulk of the novel concerns the waltz itself, a scene of excitement and intense trepidation – a night with so much riding on it in her young mind – it never feels slight.
The narrowness of focus is deceptive. Every emotional ripple is beautifully observed: the hideous anticipation, the agony of the empty dance card, the brief flutters of hope as various men take her for a turn around the dance floor, the many small disappointments that follow and the sudden vivid need to escape from the crowd, to flee, to breathe.
Though Olivia so often feels overshadowed by her brighter, more socially graceful sister and is fidgety and uneasy in her ill-fitting, flame-red frock, she slowly grows into herself over the course of the evening – and the novel. There's a near stream-of-consciousness style to Lehmann's writing as she guides the reader through each of these brief encounters, with the self-involved young poet, the middle-aged rogue, the courteous and sensitive blind man.
Each character is deftly sketched. The long shadow of the recent war is subtly evoked, as is the complex social terrain and the interplay between the sisters; the mixture of rivalry and deep affection is wonderfully well drawn. The whole thing leaves you rather in love with Olivia and desperate to find out what happened to her next; fortunately, Lehmann would return to her and her world in her later novel, The Weather in the Streets.
Rosamond Lehmann, one of the best-loved writers of the twentieth century, perfectly captures the emotions of a girl poised on the threshold of womanhood.
auteur: Rosamond Lehmann
ISBN: n/a
taal: Engels
uitgever: Penguin Books (nummer 328)
jaartal: 1962 ? (oorspronkelijk: 1932)
bindwijze: pocket
aantal pagina's: 174
Pagina's en omslag (zie afbeelding) verkleurd.
The Guardian:
There's a timeless quality to the world presented in Rosamond Lehmann's novel of 1932. In the character of 17-year-old Olivia Curtis, readying herself for her first big dance, Lehmann perfectly captures what it is to be caught between girlhood and womanhood; despite the intervening decades, so many of Olivia's worries will be acutely, painfully familiar to anyone who has ever been young, shy and self-conscious.
Though the bulk of the novel concerns the waltz itself, a scene of excitement and intense trepidation – a night with so much riding on it in her young mind – it never feels slight.
The narrowness of focus is deceptive. Every emotional ripple is beautifully observed: the hideous anticipation, the agony of the empty dance card, the brief flutters of hope as various men take her for a turn around the dance floor, the many small disappointments that follow and the sudden vivid need to escape from the crowd, to flee, to breathe.
Though Olivia so often feels overshadowed by her brighter, more socially graceful sister and is fidgety and uneasy in her ill-fitting, flame-red frock, she slowly grows into herself over the course of the evening – and the novel. There's a near stream-of-consciousness style to Lehmann's writing as she guides the reader through each of these brief encounters, with the self-involved young poet, the middle-aged rogue, the courteous and sensitive blind man.
Each character is deftly sketched. The long shadow of the recent war is subtly evoked, as is the complex social terrain and the interplay between the sisters; the mixture of rivalry and deep affection is wonderfully well drawn. The whole thing leaves you rather in love with Olivia and desperate to find out what happened to her next; fortunately, Lehmann would return to her and her world in her later novel, The Weather in the Streets.
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