Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland (1886–1950) was an English author and the adopted daughter ofEdith Nesbit. She was the author of the novelThe Man in the Stone House (1934) and the co-author ofCat's Tales, a children's book she co-wrote with Nesbit.
Rosamund Bland was born in England in 1886. Her parents were Alice Hoatson andHubert Bland, the husband of Edith Nesbit.[1] Hoatson joined Bland and Nesbit's household after she became pregnant with Rosamund. Reportedly devastated by a recent stillbirth, Nesbit agreed to raise Rosamund as her own.[2]
Bland's brother, John, was born in 1899. John Bland was also the child of Hoatson and Hubert Bland.[citation needed]
In 1934, Bland's novelThe Man in the Stone House, about a teenage girl breaking free from the limitations of her conservative upbringing, was published.[1] Bland also wrote several children's books, includingMoo-Cow Tales. The bookCat's Tales was co-authored by Bland and Nesbit.[3]
Bland reportedly had a relationship withH.G. Wells while she was a teenager.[1] Bland and Wells were reportedly prevented from eloping by Bland's father.[4] She also had a long relationship withAlfred Richard Orage, and in 1909, married Orage's friendClifford Sharp. Some scholars speculate that the marriage was motivated by a desire to outwardly conform to social convention.[1]
In 1921, Bland began a relationship with RussianesotericistP.D. Ouspenskii, whom she had met through Orage. Bland soon began working as Ouspenskii's secretary. She was also connected with Armenian philosopherG.I. Gurdjieff during the 1920s.[1]
English actressRosalyn Landor portrayed Bland in an episode of the television seriesThe Edwardians titledE.Nesbit (1972), about the life of Edith Nesbit.[5]
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