![]() ![]() The catastrophes of WW1 and the flu epidemic had decimated families and fractured society in the UK. ![]() ![]() Published in 1922, this is a novel that takes place in a world that is trying to re-understand itself. ― Elizabeth von Arnim, The Enchanted April “Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.” The result is at once a sun-washed fairytale and an insightful meditation on the transformative power of travel and women discovering their place in a new world. And in The Enchanted April, probably her most well-known novel, she lets her talent for characterisation take flight. Those small human failings that make us interesting, like selfishness and pettiness. She’s a master at noticing the tiny details in people. But this is Elizabeth von Arnim we’re talking about. ![]()
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