Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Elizabeth von Arnim. The book is presented in the form of a diary and spans a year as Elizabeth writes about her experiences as she learns gardening.The Enchanted April is a novel that was written by Elizabeth von Arnim that tells the story of four very different women who go a vacation to Italy. von Arnim was inspired to write the book after going to the Italian Riviera for a month. The Enchanted April has been adapted to film and stage on many different occasions. Elizabeth von Arnim was a prominent British writer in the early 20th century. Born in Australia, von Arnim and her family moved to England when she was three years old. Elizabeth was married twice but both were very unhappy marriages which led to her concentrating more on writing. Some of von Arnim's best known books include The Enchanted April, Mr. Skeffington, and Elizabeth and Her German Garden.
It was instantly popular and has gone through numerous reprints ever since. This story is the main character Elizabeth’s diary, where she relates stories from her life, as she learns to tend to her garden.
May 7th.
"Millie is a recent widow, ".. at forty-five, a little cushiony woman, fair-skinned and dove-eyed ... and a smooth head, sleekly covered with agreeable hair the colour of respectability.
First published in 1914, the story centers on Ingeborg who grows up being pushed around by her father, the Bishop.
THE STORY: When two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English women to share the cost and the experience.
Reproduction of the original.
This is an account of an ill-assorted group of upper-class people grappling with the hardships of the open road
Every one who has been to school and still remembers what he was taught there, knows that Rügen is the biggest island Germany possesses, and that it lies in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Pomerania.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
This enchanting novel tells the story of the love affair between Rose-Marie Schmidt and Roger Anstruther.