#dusty answer

[theoptia]

Rosamond Lehmann, from Dusty Answer

Text ID: “One thing more,” she said. “I’m not ashamed of anything I’ve done. There’s nothing to be ashamed of in loving a person and saying so.”

[loveswitchery]

She was the part of you which you never had been able to untie and set free, the part that wanted to dance and run and sing, taking strong draughts of wind and sunlight;

Rosamond Lehmann, from Dusty Answer

[thefoxhuntingman]

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.28066dc.contributor.author: Lehmann Rosamonddc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-25T14:08:23Zdc.date.available:...

I came across Dusty Answer on archive.org. It’s on my list of Bridesheadesque books.

[illustrationisart]

Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975): illustration from the french édition of Dusty Answer ( Poussière )(1927) written by Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) ,  published by Librairie Plon in 1961.

[loveswitchery]

—when people say they don't feel or care—that they're no good—it only makes me think—I could show them how to feel and care. I could make them happy. I could look after them.

Rosamond Lehmann, from Dusty Answer

[illustrationisart]

Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975): illustration from the french édition of Dusty Answer ( Poussière )(1927) written by Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) ,  published by Librairie Plon in 1961.

[illustrationisart]

Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975): illustration from the french édition of Dusty Answer ( Poussière )(1927) written by Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) ,  published by Librairie Plon in 1961.

[illustrationisart]

Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975): illustration from french édition of Dusty Answer ( Poussière )(1927) written by Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) ,  published by Librairie Plon in 1961.