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The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Author(s): Elizabeth von Arnim

Location(s): Italian Riviera

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Early 20th Century

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A notice in The Times addressed to ‘Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine’ advertises a ‘small medieval Italian Castle to be let for the month of April’. Four very different women take up the offer: Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, both fleeing unappreciative husbands; beautiful Lady Caroline, sick of being ‘grabbed’ by lovesick men; and the imperious, ageing Mrs Fisher. On the shores of the Mediterranean, beauty, warmth and leisure weave their spell, and nothing will ever be the same again.

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A charming book set in the Italian Riviera

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