The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Genre: Classic
Published: 1922
Page Count: 172 pages
Summary:
It began in a Woman’s Club in London on a February afternoon—an uncomfortable club, and a miserable afternoon—when Mrs. Wilkins, who had come down from Hampstead to shop and had lunched at her club, took up The Times from the table in the smoking-room, and running her listless eye down the Agony Column saw this:
To Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let furnished for the month of April. Necessary servants remain. Z, Box 1000, The Times.
von Arnim, Elizabeth. The Enchanted April (p. 3). Kindle Edition.
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She liked it; she liked it best of all. It had the Judas tree and an umbrella pine, it had the freesias and the lilies, it had a tamarisk beginning to flush pink, it had the convenient low wall to sit on, it had from each of its three sides the most amazing views—to the east the bay and mountains, to the north the village across the tranquil clear green water of the little harbour and the hills dotted with white houses and orange groves, and to the west was the thin thread of land by which San Salvatore was tied to the mainland, and then the open sea and the coast line beyond Genoa reaching away into the blue dimness of France. Yes, she would say she wanted to have this entirely to herself.
von Arnim, Elizabeth. The Enchanted April (p. 56). Kindle Edition.
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February 7th - 13th - Do you prefer to read series one book after another, or can you read other books in between? (submitted by Idea-ist @ Get Lost in Literature)
To those of you who love series, my series reading may be quite upsetting to you, but here it is:
I simply read the first book of a series and I stop. Stop. That's it. No more.
Usually. Unless the next book is wildly compelling...And unless another reader looks at me, aghast, and says in that mocking voice, Whattt? And you call yourself a readerrrr??? But you haven't read this whole seriessss????
Pictured above are some of the many series of which I have only read the first book: Game of Thrones; Eragon; The Series of Unfortunate Events; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Outlander; Anne of Green Gables; Ender's Game; The Color of Magic; Dune; The Bartemaeus Sequence; Nancy Drew; Pillars of the Earth; Keys to the Kingdom; Famous Five; Redwall; Wolf Hall; Mitford; Penderwicks; My Brilliant Friend; Wolf Brother; Noughts & Crosses.
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