Bücher von Elizabeth von Arnim

'Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy'Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan: they will have a holiday. Leaving a drab and rainy London one April and arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean, they discover a flower-filled paradise of beauty, warmth and leisure. Joined by the beautiful Lady Caroline and domineering Mrs Fisher, also in flight from the burdens of their daily lives, the four women proceed to transform themselves and their prospects.VINTAGE DECO: Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on.

The Enchanted April is a delightful and enchanting novel that takes readers on a journey to the sun-drenched beauty of the Italian Riviera. Elizabeth von Arnim weaves a captivating tale of four women who, feeling trapped in the dreariness of their lives, decide to escape to a secluded castle on the Mediterranean coast. The story unfolds as the characters embark on this transformative journey, discovering the transformative power of friendship, love, and the rejuvenating effects of the idyllic Italian landscape. The novel is a celebration of the joys of rediscovery and renewal, as the characters undergo personal transformations against the backdrop of blooming gardens, scenic vistas, and the warmth of the Italian sun. Von Arnim's writing is infused with a gentle humor and keen insight into human nature, making the characters relatable and endearing. The Enchanted April is a luminous exploration of the healing qualities of nature and the bonds that form when individuals break free from the constraints of their ordinary lives. It's a tale that transports readers to a world of beauty, self-discovery, and the magic that can happen when one opens themselves up to new possibilities.

Westpommern, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Die junge Australierin Elizabeth zieht mit ihrem deutschen Ehemann und den drei Kindern auf das ererbte Rittergut Nassenheide. Dort stürzt sie sich in die Gestaltung des vernachlässigten Gartens, um der Enge des Hauses und den Erwartungen an sie als Frau zu entfliehen. Intelligent und mit Augenzwinkern portraitiert die Autorin die gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse ihrer Zeit.

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"Avril enchanté" est un roman écrit par Elizabeth Von Armin et publié en 1922. Il raconte l'histoire de quatre Anglaises qui louent un château italien pour un mois d'avril, dans l'espoir d'échapper à leur vie morne dans l'Angleterre pluvieuse et de trouver le renouveau et l'inspiration dans la beauté de l'Italie.L'histoire commence dans l'Angleterre de l'après-Première Guerre mondiale, où Lotty Wilkins, une femme au foyer d'une trentaine d'années, est séduite par une annonce parue dans le Times proposant la location d'un château en Italie. Elle suggère à son amie Rose Arbuthnot, une femme belle mais malheureuse d'une vingtaine d'années, de louer le château ensemble, et les deux femmes passent une annonce pour trouver deux autres compagnes afin de partager les frais. Elles sont rejointes par Lady Caroline Dester, une beauté mondaine glamour et distante, et Mrs. Fisher, une veuve riche et âgée qui s'accroche aux traditions et aux valeurs de son éducation victorienne.Alors que les femmes s'installent dans leur nouvelle maison dans la campagne italienne idyllique, elles commencent à découvrir la magie du lieu et le pouvoir guérisseur de la nature. Lotty et Rose tombent toutes deux amoureuses de la beauté et de la simplicité de leur environnement, tandis que Lady Caroline commence à révéler son côté vulnérable. Mme Fisher, d'abord dédaigneuse de l'enthousiasme juvénile de ses compagnes, commence à s'ouvrir à de nouvelles expériences et perspectives. Tout au long du roman, les quatre femmes explorent les jardins et les plages de leur retraite italienne, nouent de nouvelles amitiés et romances, et affrontent leurs peurs et leurs insécurités. Alors que leur séjour touche à sa fin, elles réalisent qu'elles ont été transformées par leur séjour en Italie et retournent en Angleterre avec un sens renouvelé de l'objectif et de la joie."Avril enchanté" est un roman charmant et édifiant qui célèbre le pouvoir de l'amitié, de la nature et de la découverte de soi. Il a été adapté plusieurs fois au théâtre, à l'écran et à la télévision et reste un classique bien-aimé de la littérature anglaise.

Elizabeth von Arnim's vivid, humorous, and subtly subversive Elizabeth and her German Garden is one of the great garden memoirs of all time. As the wife of a stern German aristocrat and mother of young children, the irreverent narrator of this engrossing memoir escapes the societal norms and constrictions of late nineteenth-century patriarchy by becoming an enthusiastic amateur gardener. As she grapples with the expectations placed on her as a woman, wife, and mother, Elizabeth's joyfully valiant commitment to gardening transcends the task at hand and affords her a level of independence that has inspired generations of devoted readers.

""The Enchanted April"" by Elizabeth Von Arnim is a delightful novel published in 1922. The story revolves around four very different women who come together to escape their mundane lives and embark on a month-long vacation in a secluded Italian castle during the springtime.Lottie Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot, two dissatisfied and unfulfilled English women, decide to rent the castle in the hopes of rejuvenation and self-discovery. They place an advertisement seeking two other women to join them, and they are joined by the elderly and domineering Mrs. Fisher and the beautiful and aloof Lady Caroline.As the women spend their days exploring the castle's gardens, enjoying the beauty of the Italian Riviera, and forming unexpected friendships, they undergo personal transformations. The idyllic setting and the enchanting atmosphere of the April springtime work their magic on the women, allowing them to rediscover joy, love, and a renewed sense of purpose.""The Enchanted April"" is a charming and evocative novel that celebrates the healing power of nature, friendship, and the importance of self-discovery. It captures the beauty of Italy, the complexities of human relationships, and the transformative nature of stepping outside one's comfort zone.

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Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.

Christine is a 1917 novel written by Elizabeth von Arnim using the pen-name Alice Cholmondeley. It is the only novel von Arnim wrote under that name. It is written in the style of a compilation of letters from Christine, an English girl studying in Germany, to her mother in Britain. It covers the period of May-August 1914. In the letters Christine is a witness to the mood in Germany leading up World War I. The book was initially marketed as non-fiction. Two of von Arnim's daughters, Beatrix and Felicitas, were living in Germany during World War I. Felicitas died in Bremen in 1916, aged 16. She died of pneumonia, as does the character Christine in the novel.

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.

Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by the Australian-born writer Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898. It was very popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. The book earned over £10,000 in the first year of publication, with 11 reprints during 1898; by May 1899, it had been reprinted 21 times. The book is the first in a series about the same character, "Elizabeth". It is noteworthy for originally being published without a named author. Von Arnim insisted that she must remain anonymous because she claimed her husband, the German aristocrat Count Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin [de], whom she satirises in the book, would have found it unacceptable for his wife to write commercial fiction.

The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim. The work was inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, probably the most widely read (as an English and American best seller in 1923) and perhaps the lightest and most ebullient of her novels. Von Arnim wrote and set the book in the 15th century Castello Brown. Critic Terence de Vere White credited The Enchanted April with making the Italian resort of Portofino fashionable. The novel follows four dissimilar women in the 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy.

Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim is a 1921 novel based on her disastrous second marriage, to Frank Russell. It is a frightening analysis of the naivety of a young woman, as she falls into the power of a pathologically narcissistic husband. In outline, this utterly unromantic novel anticipates Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Naive Lucy Entwhistle is swept into marriage by a widower, Everard Wemyss. His mansion, "The Willows", is pervaded by the spectre of his dead wife Vera, who Lucy gradually comes to suspect committed suicide rather than endure being married to Wemyss. The story is a black vision of a young wife who gradually begins to understand that her husband will accept nothing less than total intellectual and emotional servitude.