Elizabeth And Her German Garden - format ePub

As the First World War looms, Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas, seventeen-year-old orphan twins, are thrust upon relatives. But Uncle Arthur, a blustering patriot, is a reluctant guardian: the twins are half-German...

Since her mother’s death, Jennifer has devoted years of her life to her father, managing the family home and acting as his secretary. After the sudden announcement that her father has married again, Jennifer,...

Romance between a middle-aged widow and a younger man scandalizes 1920s London society in this classic novel by the author of  The Enchanted April. Although they thoroughly enjoy watching performances...

Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Arnim launched her career as a...

"... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer." Lottie and Rose belong to the same London women's club, but they don't know...

Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month's holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There’s timid Lotty Wilkins, terrified...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel "Elizabeth and Her German Garden" was first published in 1898. It was instantly popular and has gone through numerous reprints ever since. This story is the main character...

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Eine junge englische Frau in ihrem deutschen Garten, gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Elizabeth hat ihren Mann überredet, mit der Familie aufs Land zu ziehen. Sie will den herrlichen Gutsgarten neu anlegen...

In Elizabeth Von Arnim's 'In the Mountains', readers are transported to a picturesque setting where the beauty of the natural landscape serves as a backdrop for exploring themes of love, self-discovery,...

Une annonce discrète dans le Times propose à « Ceux qui Apprécient la Glycine et le Soleil » de louer un petit château médiéval dans une baie de la Riviera italienne. En ce mois d’avril, cette invitation...

Elizabeth quittant mari et enfants, a décidé de passer quelques jours en compagnie de sa fidèle femme de chambre, Gertrud, avec sa victoria, son cocher, ses peignoirs et son carton à chapeaux dans l'île...

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« Un élément nouveau inquiète lady Skeffington : elle ne parvient pas à chasser de son esprit le souvenir soudain récurrent de son mari dont elle a pourtant divorcé depuis fort longtemps. C’est une situation...

Anna Estcourt, vingt-cinq ans, emménage dans une petite propriété du Nord de l'Allemagne dont elle hérite à la mort de son oncle. Jolie, intelligente mais sans fortune, elle a grandi jusque-là avec son...

A gentle romance begins innocently enough in the stalls of a London theatre where Catherine is enjoying her ninth and Christopher his thirty-sixth visit to the same play.He is a magnificent young man...

May 7th -- There were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it behind a bush, having a due regard for the decencies ...'Elizabeth's...

Dear Husband, she said, actually imitating me. I know what you are going to say. I always know what you are going to say. I know all the things you ever can or ever do say. She paused for a moment,...

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Ingeborg Bullivant, the put-upon daughter of the Bishop of Redchester, suddenly becomes possessed by the demon Rebellion and takes a week's tour to Lucerne. Constantly in the company of a ponderous German...

Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance...

In 1901 the 'real' Elizabeth holidayed on the Baltic island of Rügen with just her maid, a coachman, a carriage piled with luggage, and a woman friend. From such unpromising beginnings Elizabeth weaves...

I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. Nobody shall be invited to stay with me, and if anyone calls...

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