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Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim
$14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Penguin English Library
'"Oh, my dear, relations are like drugs, - useful sometimes, and even pleasant, if taken in small quantities and seldom, but dreadfully pernicious on the whole, and the truly wise avoid them" ' Taking respite from the Man of Wrath, her children and her stifling household, Elizabeth discovers that the pa ...Show more
Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther by Von Arnim Elizabeth
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
What on earth could have induced Mr. Anstruther to fall in love with Fraulein Schmidt? He is an eligible English bachelor from a good family with great expectations; she is the plain, poor, "spinster" daughter of a German scholar. But Rose-Marie Schmidt is also funny, intelligent, brave and gifted with ...Show more
Introduction to Sally by Elizabeth Von Arnim
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: British Library Women Writers Ser.
A Pygmalion-style story told with von Arnim's characteristic wit and charm, this novel introduces us to Salvatia (known as Sally), a much longed-for child to humble shopkeepers. Sally grows up to be an extremely beautiful girl, attracting the attentions of every man who sees her. When her mother dies, h ...Show more
The Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Elizabeth von Arnim's eighth novel is a sharp contrast to the sunny optimism of her first best-seller Elizabeth and her German Garden (1898) and her later hit The Enchanted April (1922, adapted several times for screen and stage, including the 1991 film). The Caravaners (1909) is a devastating comedy ab ...Show more
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWEN A notice in The Timesaddressed 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 husb ...Show more
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithThe Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim's brilliant, irrepressible novella, tells the tale of four very differ ...Show more
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Deco
VINTAGE DECO- Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. 'Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy' Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan- they will hav ...Show more
Vera by Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss are both reeling from recent unhappiness when they meet and swiftly fall in love. Lucy is Wemyss's 'sweet girl', and to Lucy, Everard is the whole world. The only blot on Lucy's happiness is the shadowy figure of Wemyss's first wife, Vera, who died in mysterious circum ...Show more
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