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"Avril enchanté" est un roman écrit par Elizabeth Von Armin et publié en 1922. Il raconte lhistoire de quatre Anglaises qui louent un château italien pour un mois davril, dans lespoir déchapper à leu

A foreboding and darkly comic period thriller considered the inspiration for du Mauriers Rebecca, Vera is a deftly plotted masterpiece woven with intrigue. First published in 1921 and believed to have been the inspiration for Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca, Vera is a darkly comic thriller which drew on the authors own experience of unsuccessful marriage. When Lucy Entwhistles father dies suddenly, she is left alone in the world struggling to find her place in life. But on the very same day she happens to meet the recently widowed Everard Wemyss. Their shared grief brings them together as they find in each other someone to talk to and in whom to confide, and Lucy finds a comforting hand to guide and protect her. As Wemyss control over Lucy strengthens, an engagement seems imminent, only Lucys aunt seems to apprehend some danger in the unsettling Wemyss. Returning from their honeymoon, Lucy takes up her place as mistress of The Willows, the Wemyss family home. But the spectre of Wemysss first wife seems to hang heavy in the air as Lucy takes over the dead wifes sitting room and marital bed. With Everards ever increasing controlling behaviour, the claustrophobic atmosphere deepens, and Lucy becomes more obsessed with the mysterious Vera. The oppressive situation threatens to build to crisis level. How did Vera really die? Can Lucy ever be happy at The Willows? Vera is a forgotten thriller by a master of the genre, a brilliant exploration of the nature of control and love in the relationships between men and women.

"Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, "I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow."This witty tale of a rejuvenating summer is a semi-autobiographical tale told in the form of diary entries from a nameless narrator. In it, a woman spends her summer in her garden, away from the social world that she was trained to reside in with all its rules and conventions. Despite the name of the book, the nameless female narrator does not spend her entire summer alone but is instead joined by her daughters and husband the latter of which she has nicknamed The Man of Wrath. A sequel to her famous debut Elizabeth and Her German Garden, The Solitary Summer will delight fans of Downton Abbey and Bridgerton, whose narratives feature the same social world our heroine is trying to escape.

El amor no tiene edad pero ¿y si una viuda y un joven mucho menor que ella comienzan una intensa relación? Es entonces es cuando el entorno social despliega sus mecanismos para tratar de encauzar a quienes han escapado de lo usual y es también el momento en que la pasión debe mostrar su fortaleza.Ya en 1925, fecha de la primera publicación de Amor, Elizabeth von Arnim, inspirándose en su propia experiencia, plasmó sobre el papel las trabas que una historia así, sincera pero poco convencional, encontraba en el seno de la aristocracia inglesa. Hoy nos sorprende la vigencia de algunas emociones que refleja.Deliciosos toques de humor terminan de perfilar esta novela sobre mujeres y hombres, alegrías y conflictos familiares, normas y rebeldía sentimental y, sobre todo, amor.

Esta novela cuenta una historia de amor romántica y apasionada entre una mujer madura y un hombre joven. El desarrollo de esta difícil relación de la viuda Catherine y Chris se ve contrapunteado por la del matrimonio compuesto por Virginia, hija de la primera, y su marido, un pastor anglicano que no ve con ninguna simpatia la aventura de su suegra. Encuadernacion: Rustica.

Illustrator: Arthur Little

Eigentlich war Amy bis jetzt ein ganz normales Madchen -doch ein schwerer Autounfall ihrer Eltern stellt ihr Leben vollig auf den Kopf: Sie kommt ins Heim und kann sich erst gar nicht eingewohnen ... Ein spannendes Buch, komisch und traurig zugleich.

The first time they met, though they didnt know it, for they were unconscious of each other, was at The Immortal Hour, then playing to almost empty houses away at Kings Cross; but they both went so often, and the audience at that time was so conspicuous because there was so little of it and so much room to put it in, that quite soon people who went frequently got to know each other by sight, and felt friendly and inclined to nod and smile, and this happened too to Christopher and Catherine.She first became aware of him on the evening of her fifth visit, when she heard two people talking just behind her before the curtain went up, and one said, sounding proud, This is my eleventh time; and the other answered carelessly, This is my thirty-secondthupon which the first one exclaimed, Oh, I say! with much the sound of a pricked balloon wailing itself flat, and she couldnt resist turning her face, lit up with interest and amusement, to look. Thus she saw Christopher consciously for the first time, and he saw her.

A delightful and romantic story set in 1922. Unhappy in rain-soaked London, four very different women answer an advertisement to rent a mediaeval castle for the month of April. There, amidst the sunshine and flowers, they rediscover happiness.

O Abril Encantado de Elizabeth Von Arnim é uma encantadora história de quatro mulheres que, cansadas de suas rotinas e insatisfeitas com a vida, embarcam em uma viagem transformadora para a Itália. Ao alugarem uma villa em um lugar magico, elas começam a redescobrir a beleza da vida, dos relacionamentos e da propria felicidade. Com uma escrita delicada e introspectiva, Von Arnim cria uma narrativa envolvente sobre o poder de recomeços, amizade e a descoberta do encanto que o mundo oferece. Uma leitura ideal para quem busca inspiraço, romance e reflexo sobre o verdadeiro significado da felicidade.