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Invitation to the Waltz is a novel by Rosamond Lehmann, first published in 1932 by Chatto & Windus Ltd. The prequel to Lehmann's The Weather in the Streets (1936), the novel follows the preparations of two sisters, Kate and Olivia Curtis, for Sir John and Lady Spencer's dance. [1] BBC Radio recorded and broadcast in 2001 a dramatization by Tina Pepler as Olivia's stream of consciousness. [2]
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Olivia Curtis
Kate Curtis
Mrs Curtis
Etty
Rollo Spencer
Marigold Spencer
Nicola Maude
Lady Spencer
Sir John
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