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Four women. One month. And a chance to begin again. In The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim invites listeners into a luminous escape from routine, worry, and expectation. When four very different women leave behind their gray London lives for a secluded Italian villa, what begins as a simple...

This is a journey of both escape and discovery for four exquisitely different women, a month of bliss and privacy for four weary souls. Their refuge on the Italian Riviera provides the perfect backdrop for a story about the search for spiritual harmony within and without.

"The Enchanted April" is Elizabeth von Arnim best-known novel, a beloved story of transformation, friendship, and the rejuvenating power of nature. Set in the 1920s, the story follows four very different English women who, weary of their dreary lives at home, decide to rent a medieval castle on the Italian Riviera for a month. As the women settle into the sunlit beauty of San Salvatore, the tranquil surroundings begin to work a quiet magic on them. The castle's enchantment also extends to the men in their lives, leading to reconciliations and renewed affection.

"The Romance in Italy Collection" celebrates two radiant journeys into desire, self-discovery, and the transformative beauty of the Italian landscape. In E. M. Forster's "A Room with a View," a young woman's awakening unfolds amid Florence's sunlit terraces, social restraint, and the liberating pull of passion. In Elizabeth von Arnim's "The Enchanted April," four very different women escape the grey pressures of English life for a blossom-filled villa in the tiny Italian village of San Salvatore, where warmth, friendship, and possibility begin to bloom.

The beautiful but penniless Anna Estcourt is twenty-five and still unmarried, much to the annoyance of her brother and his infuriating wife, who are keen to get Anna off their hands. An unexpected legacy from Uncle Joachim in the shape of a property in rural Germany offers Anna the independence for which she has longed. Seeking to use her new-found fortune for the good of others, she plans to share her property with distressed gentlewomen, an ambition not without its difficulties.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if a single month of sunlight could reveal the life you had forgotten how to want? In *The Enchanted April*, Elizabeth von Arnim creates a luminous, quietly subversive classic about weariness, friendship, beauty, marriage, and renewal. With...

Immerse yourself in a world of escape, camaraderie, and self-discovery as "Enchanted April (Version 3)" invites you to explore the transformative power of a serene retreat. Through a rotating collection of audiobooks, this podcast delves into the journeys of women who seek solace and rejuvenation in enchanting settings, often discovering that true happiness lies not just in solitude but in connection with others. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, allowing listeners to experience a tapestry of narratives centered around themes of friendship, renewal, and the allure of nature's ...

Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young woman, freed up from the bonds of her family life, to wonder all around in search of all things feminist. The story seems somewhat autobiographical, surrounded in disillusionment and humor. Written on the eve of World War I and just back from married life in Germany. (Summary by JCarson)

The Princess Priscilla of Lothen Kunitz finds court life stifling and runs away to England with the elderly court librarian. Her intention is to live a pure and simple life filled with good works. But life among ordinary people in an English village is not what she expects it to be... (Introduction by Tabithat)

Avril enchanté est un roman écrit par Elizabeth Von Arnim. 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.

Elizabeth von Arnim, who is best known for her later novel The Enchanted April, married a Prussian aristocrat and, with their five children, lived in Nassenheide, Pomerania. Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel about the joy that the protagonist finds in the delights of her Pomeranian garden, which provides relief from the stifling environment of her household. The novel was originally published anonymously because von Arnim feared that her husband, whom she satirised in the book, would disapprove.

The Enchanted April follows four dissimilar women in the 1920s England who 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 the month of 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 ...

Two unhappily married women, Rose Arbuthnot and Lotty Wilkins, respond to an advertisement offering a month’s rental of a small medieval Italian castle. In order to defray the not inconsiderable cost of such a venture, two other ladies, Lady Caroline Dester and the formidable Miss Fisher, are invited to join them, and thus the four embark on their adventure. The ill-matched companions get off to a rocky start, but the delightful and spell-binding environment of the Italian Riviera unexpectedly brings them together.

Priscilla, figlia del granduca di Lothen-Kunitiz, si sente oppressa dai continui obblighi sociali a cui il proprio rango la costringe. Etichetta di corte, protocolli e vuote convenzioni non le interessano nel modo più assoluto. Così, quando si profila all'orizzonte la prospettiva - tutt'altro che agognata - di dover sposare un lontano cugino, la giovane granduchessa prende finalmente una decisione che matura da tempo: ritirarsi in un tranquillo cottage nella campagna inglese e dedicarsi soltanto alla beneficienza. Al suo seguito solo il bibliotecario Fritzing e la cameriera Annalise.

Con uno straordinario esercizio di agrodolce ironia, Elizabeth von Arnim ci trasporta nell'universo "très chic" e al contempo estremamente ipocrita dell'alta società inglese. Sospeso fra l'atmosfera soffocante di Londra e i variopinti giardini della Provenza, "La fattoria dei gelsomini" prende le mosse da uno scandalo. Terry, la giovane figlia della rispettatissima lady Daisy, ha infatti avuto un'avventura con Andrew, scatenando le gelosie della moglie Rosie e, soprattutto, la perfidia di lady Belle, che non esiterà a ricorrere a un vile ricatto.

Nel suo folgorante esordio letterario – che contò ben ventuno riedizioni nel solo 1899 – Elizabeth von Arnim riporta, sotto forma di diario e in prima persona, le impressioni semiautobiografiche della sua vita in Germania. Per sfuggire alla frenesia urbana, Elizabeth chiede al marito, un nobile prussiano, di trasferirsi nella tenuta estiva di Nassenheide, in Pomerania.

Luglio 1919. Dopo una lunga passeggiata, Elizabeth raggiunge il suo chalet in montagna, con ancora negli occhi gli orrori della guerra appena trascorsa. Le montagne svizzere rappresentano una meta sicura dove il silenzio e la bellezza possono offrire il conforto e la pace a lungo agognati. Ogni cosa, tuttavia, sembra ormai cambiata e la casa, un tempo piena di amici, si è fatta ora vuota e silenziosa.

Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss, both recovering from recent unhappiness, meet and quickly fall in love. However, over their new-found bliss looms the spectre of Vera, Wemyss’s first wife who died in mysterious circumstances. After their wedding the couple return home and Lucy really does begin to be troubled by what happened to Vera. Considered a high-water mark by the author, the story is an extraordinarily black vision of a young wife who gradually begins to understand that her husband will accept nothing less than total intellectual and emotional servitude.

Una mattina estiva del 1920 la giovane Lucy perde il padre improvvisamente ritrovandosi sola e disperata, senza speranze. È uno sconosciuto a risvegliarla dal torpore che il lutto le ha causato: il legame con Everard Wemyss, quarantenne rimasto vedovo da poco, è immediato, e la condivisa sofferenza per la recente perdita dà origine a una confortante intimità. Ma il matrimonio con Wemyss sarà diverso da come Lucy aveva sognato: le mura di casa diverranno quelle di una tetra prigione dove i giorni sono scanditi da rituali irrazionali.

When four women leave their drab lives behind to go on holiday in Italy, their lives are changed forever by the Mediterranean. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, while part of the same ladies' club, have never spoken. Lady Caroline Dester and the elderly Mrs. Fisher join their holiday so as to mitigate expenses. As these women come together and learn more about themselves than they ever thought possible, they reveal their true personalities and the backdrops of their lives that tend to hinder them.