5/30/2023 0 Comments The enchanted april review![]() ![]() ![]() by Elizabeth von Arnim, introduction by Cathleen Schineĭownload the Reading Group Guide for The Enchanted April. More recently, the novel has been the inspiration for a major film and a Broadway play. The Enchanted April was a best-seller in both England and the United States, where it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and set off a craze for tourism to Portofino. Now, if the same transformation can be worked on their husbands and lovers, the enchantment will be complete. Summary: This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on. The ladies expect a pleasant holiday, but they don’t anticipate that the month they spend in Portofino will reintroduce them to their true natures and reacquaint them with joy. They find each other-and the castle of their dreams-through a classified ad in a London newspaper one rainy February afternoon. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (1922) From the original review in the Oakland Tribune, January 1923: The author of Elizabeth and her German Garden has written a humorous and satiric story of four women who rent an Italian castle. The women at the center of Elizabeth von Arnim's The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. A recipe for happiness: four women, one medieval Italian castle, plenty of wisteria, and solitude as needed. ![]()
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