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The Enchanted April

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9781784870461

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 213g

  • RRP: £7.99

The Enchanted April

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWEN

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.

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9781784870461

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 213g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • An enchanting novel, witty, touching and very perceptively written, which will sweep you into wisteria and sunshine

    Santa Montefiore

  • Elizabeth von Armin's most charming novel in every sense: it casts a spell...a sun-washed fairytale

    Observer

  • A warm and uplifting book. (Very different from the kind I write!)...I remain in awe of a writer who can produce an enthralling story out of so little. When I'm plotting my books, I think of Von Arnim, and try to balance the dark with some lighter characterisation.

    S.J. Bolton

  • Filled with hazy hills and fragrant flora, the novel is a dreamily sensuous description of the glories of Italian spring

    Adam Nicolson, Mail on Sunday

  • This delicious confection will work its magic on all

    Daily Telegraph

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About the Author

Elizabeth von Arnim

Cousin of Katherine Mansfield and lover of H.G. Wells, Elizabeth von Arnim was at the hub of the literary and political society of her time. She was born in Australia in 1866 but grew up in England, and began her career in 1898 with the semi-autobiographical Elizabeth and Her German Garden. She was married twice and died in 1941. Salley Vickers was born in Liverpool and read English at Newnham College Cambridge. Her first novel, Miss Garnet's Angel (2000), became an international word-of-mouth bestseller. Her most recent novels include Mr Golightly's Holiday (2003) and Dancing Backwards (2009).

Elizabeth von Arnim

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