The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim
The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim
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The Enchanted April
Classic Tales Edition

Author: Elizabeth von Arnim

Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Unabridged: 9 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: B.J. Harrison

Published: 07/19/2016


Synopsis

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 London women – the possibility of happiness.Meet Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot. Both are churchgoers, and very good, dutiful wives – they do everything that is expected of them. And they are both incredibly unhappy. Through this elegant novel, we see them work through their disparate struggles and rise from the ashes, with the help of wisteria and sunshine.

About Elizabeth Von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941) was an English novelist born Mary Annette Beauchamp. With many works to her name, she is best known for The Enchanted April and her semi-autobiographical novel Elizabeth and Her German Garden.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on April 30, 2025

welcome to...THE ENCHANTED APRIL. this is another installment of project long classics, in which i read intimidating paragons of literature in small bits over the course of a month in order to make them less scary, but really so i can keep buying penguin clothbounds and make puns. in this case, this b......more

Goodreads review by Vit on April 21, 2024

The environment is dreary… Living from day to day is a dull routine… But one drab day an eye meets a very promising advertisement in the newspaper… She was reading about the mediaeval castle and the wistaria, or rather had read about it ten minutes before, and since then had been lost in dreams, – of......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on May 10, 2020

Four proper English ladies, who don't know each other at all, decide to pool their resources and rent an Italian villa for a month, in the 1920's. They all have different personalities and there are some conflicting expectations. To make matters worse, (view spoiler)[the husband of one of the women, who has had an (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 21, 2025

I really liked this book in the beginning. Four women, almost complete strangers to one another, take a unique opportunity to split costs on a stunning medieval castle in the Italian Riviera. No husbands, each nursing problems and inner turmoil... what fun! And it was at first. The setting is depicte......more

Goodreads review by Candi on April 13, 2015

This was a delightful little story! Four women, previously unknown to one another, leave a dreary winter in England behind to take a one month April holiday in a small, charming Italian castle after responding to an advertisement in a newspaper. The descriptions of the landscape are very lush and ma......more