The Enchanted April
Author | : Elizabeth Von Arnim |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2022-11-13 |
ISBN-10 | : EAN:8596547392972 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book The Enchanted April written by Elizabeth Von Arnim and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four dissimilar women in 1920s England leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement for a small medieval castle on the Mediterranean to be let furnished for April. They find some common ground in that both are struggling to make the best of unhappy marriages. They also reluctantly take on the waspish, elderly Mrs Fisher and the stunning but aloof Lady Caroline Dester to defray expenses. The very genuine and open Lottie Wilkins, often muddled and awkward in her speech, has been married only a few years, but she and her husband are rubbing each other the wrong way...