What on earth could have induced Mr Anstruther to fall in love with Fraulein Schmidt? He is an eligible English bachelor from a good family with great expectations; she is the plain, poor, ‘spinster’ daughter of a German scholar. But Rose-Marie Schmidt is also funny, intelligent, brave and gifted with an irrepressible talent for happiness. The real question is, does Mr Anstruther know how lucky he is?
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Published: 06/04/2017
ISBN: 9781473547520
Length: 320 Pages
RRP: £8.99
Elizabeth von Arnim had a neat wit, a wild sense of comedy, and a vision - continually thwarted though it was - of potential happiness.
[Her books are] a revelation in their wit and... dry, unsentimental treatment of the relationship between men and women