Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Elizabeth von Arnim,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Girlebooks
Elizabeth von Arnim,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Girlebooks
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940012628770 (0012628778)
Publish date: February 8th 2011
Publisher: Girlebooks
Edition language: English
Elizabeth and her friends have become one of the highlights of reading. Her writing style is refreshing and her struggle to have a beautiful garden is enjoyable fare. Using her husband, or Man of Wrath, as a foil introduces a much enjoyable element of humor. Her disdain of guests is understandable a...
I loved this - I think I first heard about it from a mention by Themis-Athena, but had to await its publication here before reading it. It's a slim tome, but packed; at 104 pages, what I originally thought would be a fast read instead took me a couple of days, despite my being absorbed in it. Mos...
Victorian fictionalized memoir of an Englishwoman married to a German she calls "the Man of Wrath." Transplanted to their German country house, she works with her gardeners to restore/build a garden as an escape from the constrained tedium of a woman of her time and station. I think I expected to li...
I guess I had high expectations for this one and was disappointed. I don't think listening to it on audio help as the narration and sound editing was very poor.