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Introduction to Sally
Elizabeth Von Arnim; Afterword by Simon Thomas
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A Pygmalion-style story told with von Arnim’s characteristic wit
and charm, this novel introduces us to Salvatia (known as Sally), a
much longed-for child to humble shopkeepers. Sally grows up to be
an extremely beautiful girl, attracting the attentions of every man
who sees her. When her mother dies, her father decides it is just
too difficult to defend her virtue and marries her to the first man
who proposes. But Jocelyn is about to learn a lesson in marrying
for looks alone. The two are from very different classes and have
nothing in common: beauty can only bridge the gap so far.
Meanwhile, his mother is being pursued by her own unsuitable suitor
– debating if she can tolerate his crass personality in return
for the security of his wealth. Von Arnim turns her ironic humour
to great effect in showing us the follies of her cast of
characters, whom we can’t help wishing the best for, despite
everything.
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Father (Paperback)
Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Since her mother's death Jennifer has devoted years of her life to
her father, managing the family home and acting as his secretary.
After the sudden announcement that he has taken a new wife,
Jennifer, at 33, seizes the opportunity to lead an independent
life. Quickly she secures the lease of Rose Cottage and turns her
attention to her own needs and interests. Published in 1931, Father
explores the concept of spinsterhood in a time when the financial
and social status of single women were often dependent on male
family members. While Jennifer is desperate to experience life on
her own terms within her reduced financial means, her neighbour
Alice is pre-occupied with ensuring her position as head of her
brother's household is never challenged.
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The Enchanted April (Paperback)
Elizabeth Von Arnim; Introduction by Brenda Bowen
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The charming, slyly comic novel of romantic longing and
transformation that inspired the Oscar-nominated film Four very
different women, looking to escape dreary London for the sunshine
of Italy, take up an offer advertised in the Times for a "small
medieval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be
let furnished for the month of April." As each blossoms in the
warmth of the Italian spring, quite unexpected changes occur. An
immediate bestseller upon its first publication, in 1922, The
Enchanted April set off a craze for tourism to the Italian Riviera
that continues today. Published here to coincide with a
contemporary retelling, Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen, it's a
witty ensemble piece and the perfect romantic rediscovery for fans
of Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins and Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray,
Love as well as of Downton Abbey and the hit movie The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the
leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking
world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a
global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across
genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide
authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by
distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - 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 time to grow. Nobody shall be
invited to stay with me, and if any one calls they will be told
that I am out, or away, or sick. I shall spend the months in the
garden, and on the plain, and in the forests. I shall watch the
things that happen in my garden, and see where I have made
mistakes. On wet days I will go into the thickest parts of the
forests, where the pine needles are everlastingly dry, and when the
sun shines I'll lie on the heath and see how the broom flares
against the clouds. I shall be perpetually happy, because there
will be no one to worry me. Out there on the plain there is
silence, and where there is silence I have discovered there is
peace."
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Vera (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Lucy Entwhistle is swept into marriage by rich charismatic widower,
Everard Wemyss. Together they live in The Willows, an old sprawling
mansion which they share with the specter of his dead wife...
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The Enchanted April (Paperback)
Elizabeth Von Arnim; Edited by Isobel Maddison
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'To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small medieval
castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let For the month
of April, above a bay on the Italian Riviera.' Four very different
women-the dishevelled and downtrodden Mrs Wilkins, the sad,
sweet-faced Mrs Arbuthnot, the formidable widow Mrs Fisher, and the
ravishing socialite Lady Caroline Dester-are drawn to the shores of
the Mediterranean that April. As each, in turn, blossoms in the
warmth of the Italian spring and finds their spirits stirring,
quite unexpected changes occur. The Enchanted April (1922) is a
deceptive and timely novel immured in a post-war context, a period
noted for its wistful and sometimes satiric writings. Von Arnim's
novel is part of this oeuvre and portrays an escape to a carefully
described pastoral enclave away from encroaching urbanisation and
the spread of new technologies, in an era when the Great War had
left many emotionally and physically starved. The journey to San
Salvatore by four unhappy women is an escape from stifling
parochialism, constraining social and gendered expectations as well
as stultifying insularity, but the evocation of an extraordinarily
aesthetic and 'enchanted' location suggests more than personal
recuperation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
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The Enchanted April (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Von Arnim; Introduction by Salley Vickers
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions
of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest
writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take
us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England
to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on
the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and
printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile
cloth and stamped with foil. The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von
Arnim's brilliant, irrepressible novella, tells the tale of four
very different women who, on answering an advertisement in The
Times, find themselves far away from the drizzle of London and
instead in the warmth of an Italian sun. There, alongside the
lapping of the Mediterranean, the women's spirits begin to shift,
and quite unexpected changes take place.
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The Caravaners (Paperback)
Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Elizabeth von Arnim's eighth novel is a sharp contrast to the sunny
optimism of her first best-seller Elizabeth and her German Garden
(1898) and her later hit The Enchanted April (1922, adapted several
times for screen and stage, including the 1991 film). The
Caravaners (1909) is a devastating comedy about an Edwardian
caravan holiday in Kent, narrated by the pompous and self-important
Baron, a Prussian Major in the German army. His narrative of pained
bewilderment at the bizarre behaviour of the English people with
whom he has chosen to spend a month in a convoy of horse-drawn
holiday caravans (they unaccountably cut the holiday short after
only a week) is side-splittingly funny. We sympathise deeply with
the lady whom he pursues in a platonic and very one-sided holiday
affair, and even more with Baroness Edelgard, the Baron's
long-suffering and much younger second wife, who discovers her own
holiday freedoms, and becomes newly emancipated in her marriage, to
the Baron's horror. `Elizabeth von Arnim' was the pen-name of Mary
Annette Beauchamp (1866-1941), an Australian-born British novelist
and a cousin of Katherine Mansfield. Her much-loved Prussian
husband, Count Henning von Arnim, died a year after she published
The Caravaners. The novel reflects her frustration with and
exasperated affection for German aristocratic society, and reveals
the lost world of European social networks and crusted assumptions
that disappeared forever with the First World War, only a few years
after The Caravaners' publication. It is also one of the funniest
feminist novels ever written.
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The Enchanted April (Paperback)
Elizabeth Von Arnim; Introduction by Salley Vickers
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'This delicious confection will work its magic on all' Daily
Telegraph The discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed 'To
Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine', offers a small
medieval castle for rent, above a bay on the Italian Riviera. Four
very different women - the dishevelled and downtrodden Mrs Wilkins,
the sad, sweet-faced Mrs Arbuthnot, the formidable widow Mrs Fisher
and the ravishing socialite Lady Caroline Dester - are drawn to the
shores of the Mediterranean that April. As each, in turn, blossoms
in the warmth of the Italian spring and finds their spirits
stirring, quite unexpected changes occur. The Enchanted April,
published in 1922, is a witty and delightful depiction of what it
is like to rediscover joy. 'Brims with magic and laughter' Amanda
Craig, Guardian Includes a new introduction by Salley Vickers,
author of Miss Garnet's Angel
Four women, with very different backgrounds and characters - the artless Lottie Wilkins, the pious Rose Arbuthnot, the cantankerous Mrs Fisher and the haughty Lady Caroline Dester - respond to an advertisement in The Times offering a medieval castle to rent in Italy that April. As their joint holiday begins, tensions flare up between them, but they soon bond over their past misfortunes and rediscover hope and the pleasures of life in their tranquil surroundings. A huge best-seller when it was published in 1922, The Enchanted April has inspired generations of readers since and established Portofino and the Italian Riviera as a mainstay of the tourist circuit.
Originally published in 1922, Elizabeth Von Arnim's The Enchanted
April is a charming and light-hearted novel about unlikely female
friendships and the power of a blissful escape. Complete &
Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges
and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a
treat for any book lover. Four mismatched women respond to an
advert in The Times offering a beautiful medieval castle to rent on
the Italian Riviera. Bashful Mrs Wilkins, cheerless Mrs Arbuthnot,
widowed Mrs Fisher and socialite Lady Caroline Dester are each
enchanted by the promise of 'wisteria and sunshine', and they
arrive on the tranquil Mediterranean shores full of hope for a
heavenly escape. Tensions mount between the group at first, but, as
the idyllic spring days tick by, each is slowly transformed by the
warm sunshine and unexpected company.
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