Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies... Læs mere
*A novel sparkling with von Arnim's characteristic wit and irony*With an afterword by Lisa St Aubin de Teran*With an Afterword by Lisa St Aubin de Teran
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... Læs mere
"... 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... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
*A touching and funny novel about a once-beautiful woman who, approaching her fiftieth birthday, realises she is no longer the belle of the ball.
This new scholarly edition of von Arnim's popular novel will tease out the interplay between seriousness and comedy as a response to war trauma and the wider historical context, while engaging with notions of literary fashion, popularity, and film in the period.
Elizabeth betror sin dagbog alt, både frustrationer og glæder. Igennem et år følger vi den unge frue, som har sat sig for at lave den forsømte have på sit preussiske gods om... Læs mere