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An Invitation to the Waltz; with a New Introduction by Janet Watts 🔍
by Rosamond Lehmann; with a new introduction by Janet Watts Virago Press, Limited, Virago modern classics (London, England), Virago modern classics, London, England, 1981
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Set during the interwar period of the twentieth century in England. Olivia Curtis wakes to her seventeenth birthday ; her presents: a roll of flame-coloured silk for her first evening dress ; a diary for her inmost thoughts ; a china ornament ; a ten shilling note. Safe, still, within the bosom of a family at once lovingly familiar yet curiously remote, she stands poised on the brink of womanhood ; anticipating her first dance with tremulous uncertainty and excitement -- the greatest, yet most terrifying event in her restricted social life. For her pretty, poised elder sister Kate, the dance will be a triumph, but for Olivia, shy and awkward, what will it be?
Alternative title
Invitation to the Waltz (Virago Modern Classics)
Alternative author
by Rosamund Lehmann; with a new introduction by Janet Watts
Alternative author
Lehmann, Rosamond, 1901-1990; Watts, Janet
Alternative author
Rosamond Lehmann, letterkundige
Alternative publisher
London: Virago
Alternative publisher
Virago UK
Alternative edition
Virago modern classics -- no.53, London, United Kingdom, 1981
Alternative edition
Virago modern classic, 11. ed, London, 1999
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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Virago modern classics, London, ©1932
Alternative edition
New Ed edition, December 27, 1987
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Inherent cut off text on some pages.
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.
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Virago Modern Classics
Alternative description
A Diary For Her Thoughts, A China Ornament, A Ten-shilling Note, And A Roll Of Flame-coloured Silk For Her First Evening Dress: These Are The Gifts Olivia Receives For Her Seventeenth Birthday. She Anticipates Her First Dance. For Her Charming Elder Sister, The Dance Is Certain To Be A Triumph, But What Will It Be For Shy, Awkward Olivia? By Rosamond Lehmann; With A New Introduction By Janet Watts.
Alternative description
THE village, in the hollow below the house, is picturesque, unhygienic : it has more atmosphere than form, than outline : huddled shapes of soft red brick sag towards gardens massed with sunflowers, Canterbury bells, sweet-williams.
Alternative description
An extraordinary tale of a girl's rite of passage into adult life.
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302 p. ; 20 cm, pbk
date open sourced
2023-06-28
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