October 27, 1999Such a kind story, so generous. Von Arnim really captures how different one can feel on vacation, how open to possibility. I first read this in 93 or so, when I was still a newlywed. And I took very much to heart the point about not trying to get everything exactly even in a marria...
“All down the stone steps on either side were periwinkles in full flower, and she could now see what it was that had caught at her the night before and brushed, wet and scented across her face. It was wistaria. Wistaria and sunshine.”This was a lovely book about four English women who answer an adve...
This book is quite charming. It's a quiet character study of four women taking a brief escape from their everyday lives, by renting a castle in Italy for a month. The descriptions of the villa in Italy are total wish fulfilment for me, and are well-written. The four women are distinct and interestin...
For 1/4/2012: This is a buddy re-read via Librivox as I need my hands free at this time of year - busy busy buzzy busy. Cue Arthur Askey?Revisiting with Wanda: http://librivox.org/the-enchanted-april-by-elizabeth-von-arnim/Cover design by Kathryn DelaneyPainting by John Singer Sargent,Breakfast in t...
A lovely, uplifting, sweet 'chick lit' book written in 1921. There are also a few flashes of sarcastic wit in there. A fun, charming read when you want a nice book. It makes me want to rent a castle in Italy for the month of April!
"Vier ernsthafte englische Damen brechen aus ihrem Alltagsleben auf und entdecken nicht nur die Verzauberungskraft der italienischen Natur, sondern ganz beiläufig sich selbst." So verspricht uns das Cover des Buches. Zu Beginn haben mich die Lebensumstände der vier Damen leicht irritiert, bis ich e...
I had wholly inaccurate expectations of this book when I began it, and, thus, never expected to consider it one of the most enjoyable reads I've had in some time. What a wonderful story, full of wise insights about the internal workings of the human mind. Each character perspective is clearly articu...
this is really a lovely little book. i have seen the movie it is based on several times and always enjoyed it, and i suspect the fact that the film is so faithful to the novel lessened the impact of the read for me -- it is so very true that i found less engaging than i expected it to be. i suspect ...
"The Enchanted April" belongs on the shelf right next to "The Awakening" -- it's a wonderful piece of early feminist literature.Four very different women in 1920s London take advantage of an opportunity to rent a castle on the Italian coast. Mrs. Wilkins is the emotionally abused wife of a solitor ...
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