An Inner Life
A profile of the novelist
Rosamond Lehmann
No English writer has told of the pains of women in love more movingly than Rosamond Lehmann. (MARGHANITA LASKI) Rosamond Lehmann , who was 84 yesterday, was a precocious literary talent. She was 26 when her first book, Dusty Answer, was published to instant public and critical acclaim. Short stories, six novels and an autobiography followed. She has also faced personal tragedy and more than two decades in the literary wilderness.
Taking part with Rosamond Lehmann are Sybille Bedford Anita Brookner, Valentine Cunningham , Marghanita Laski , John Lehmann and Gillian Tindall.
Presented by Richard Mayne Reader ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY Producer DANIEL DODD