Classic Appreciation: Rosamond Lehmann's Debut Novel, 'Dusty Answer' (1927) | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
  In 1926, when British publishers Chatto & Windus accepted Rosamond Lehmann’s first novel, Dusty Answer, they had modest hopes of its success. Young authors and tales of youthful experience dominated the market at the time, a craze sparked by Alec Waugh’s autobiographical best seller The Loom of Youth, published in 1917, when he was …