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The charming, slyly comic novel of romantic longing and transformation that inspired the Oscar-nominated film Escaping dreary London for the sunshine of Italy, four very different women take up an offer advertised in the Times for a "small medieval Italian Castle on the shores... Read Full Overview

Four Englishwomen, strangers to each other, rent a villa for a month near Portofino for a vacation at an Italian castle.

Originally published in 1922, The Enchanted April is a charming and light-hearted novel about unlikely female friendships and the power of a blissful escape.

Elizabeth von Arnim was a British author and Countess best known for writing semi-autobiographical works that served as satirical commentaries of European society during her time.

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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... Read Full Overview

'To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small medieval castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let For the month of April, above a bay on the Italian Riviera.'

"The Enchanted April", scritto nel 1922 dopo il grande successo del suo primo libro "Elizabeth e il suo giardino tedesco", di nuovo un libro che tratta di donne e di giardini. Ma stavolta il vero protagonista l'animo femminile con tutte le sue sfumature, esposto in quattro... Read Full Overview

Drawn by a promise of "wisteria and sunshine," four English ladies exchange their damp and dreary surroundings for a month on the Italian Riviera. They're different from each other in age and attitude, but all are bewitched by their rented medieval castle and the natural beauty... Read Full Overview

The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. It was made into an RKO Radio movie in 1935, and a second adaptation, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992. The 1992 release received several Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. A Tony Award-nominated... Read Full Overview