The Solitary Summer (Dodo Press)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781406510331 (1406510335)
Publish date: August 1st 2006
Publisher: Dodo Press
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
What can I say, it's Elizabeth von Arnim, one of my favorite writers. Love her wriitng and this book was no exception.
This was a buddy read with Themis Athena. The Solitary Summer is a follow up to Elizabeth and Her German Garden; they don't have to be read in any order, but Solitary Summer takes place in the same garden, about three years later. I went into this book naively assuming that the "Solitary" in the...
The Solitary Summer Elizabeth von ArnimTo the man of wrathWith some apologies and much loveOpening: May 2nd.—Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, "I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have...