Elizabeth von Arnim

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Avril Enchanté

"Avril enchanté" est un roman écrit par Elizabeth Von Arnim. Il raconte l'histoire de quatre Anglaises qui louent un château italien pour un mois d'avril, dans l'espoir d'échapper à leur vie morne dans l'Angleterre pluvieuse et de trouver le renouveau...

Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of marriage, scornful at the thought of leaning on a man for help and comfort, she thinks only of the...

Elizabeth and her German Garden

Elizabeth and her German Garden

Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898; it was very popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. The story is a year's diary written by the protagonist Elizabeth about...

Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Elizabeth von Arnim, who is best known for her later novel The Enchanted April, married a Prussian aristocrat and, with their five children, lived in Nassenheide, Pomerania. Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel about the...

Elizabeth e il suo giardino tedesco

Elizabeth e il suo giardino tedesco

Pubblicato originariamente nel 1898, "Elizabeth and her German Garden" fu il primo libro di Marie Annette Beauchamp – conosciuta per tutta la vita come Elizabeth. Il libro fu pubblicato in forma anonima. Elizabeth era una cugina della scrittrice più...

Enchanted April (version 2)

Enchanted April (version 2)

Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but...

Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther

Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther

Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther is a novella written by Elizabeth von Arnim, a British-German author known for her witty and insightful novels. Published in 1907, the story revolves around the correspondence between two main characters, Fräulein...

L'aprile incantato

L'aprile incantato

The Enchanted April, scritto nel 1922 dopo il grande successo del suo primo libro “Elizabeth e il suo giardino tedesco”, è di nuovo un libro che tratta di donne e di giardini. Ma stavolta il vero protagonista è l’animo femminile con tutte le sue...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

To Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small medieval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let Furnished for the month of April. This small advertisement sparks something long dormant in the reluctant hearts of two downcast...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

It’s a dreary February in post-World War I London when Mrs. Wilkins spots an advertisement in The Times for a small Italian castle for rent in April. She sees another member of her women’s club, Mrs. Arbuthnot, reading the same advertisement and...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Two unhappily married women, Rose Arbuthnot and Lotty Wilkins, respond to an advertisement offering a month’s rental of a small medieval Italian castle. In order to defray the not inconsiderable cost of such a venture, two other ladies, Lady Caroline...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim, brought to life by the soothing narration of Elizabeth Grace and produced by Slumber Studios.Are you struggling to fall asleep? Whether you're dealing with...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Lured by the Mediterranean spring, the violet mountains, sweet-scented flowers, and an idyllic small Italian seaport, four truly diverse Englishwomen rent an Italian castle for the month of April. They gradually shed their public skins to discover a...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Escape to a sunlit retreat in the heart of Italy with Elizabeth von Arnim's timeless classic, The Enchanted April. This charming novel invites you to join four women from disparate walks of life who embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery...

The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but...

The Pastor's Wife

The Pastor's Wife

Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young woman, freed up from the bonds of her family life, to wonder all around in search of all things feminist. The...

The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight

The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight

The Princess Priscilla of Lothen Kunitz finds court life stifling and runs away to England with the elderly court librarian. Her intention is to live a pure and simple life filled with good works. But life among ordinary people in an English village...

The Solitary Summer

The Solitary Summer

Published in 1899, The Solitary Summer is a charming companion to von Arnim’s earlier novel Elizabeth and Her German Garden. As with its prequel, the novel is semi-autobiographical and in the form of a series of diary entries. The narrator decides to...

Vera (1921) by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the romantic delusions through which wives acquiesce in husbands' tyrannies. In outline the story of this utterly...

Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss, both recovering from recent unhappiness, meet and quickly fall in love. However, over their new-found bliss looms the spectre of Vera, Wemyss’s first wife who died in mysterious circumstances. After their wedding...