Description
Description
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About the Author
About the Author
Elizabeth von Arnim (1866--1941) was born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Sydney, Australia. Her first book, the autobiographical novel Elizabeth and Her German Garden-inspired by the grounds of the estate she shared with her husband, Count Henning August von Arnim-was an enormous success. After the death of her first husband, Elizabeth married Francis the second Earl Russell, brother of Bertrand Russell. It was a disastrous marriage and the two eventually separated. Von Arnim moved to the US at the start of World War II, and spent her final years there. Cathleen Schine has received wide acclaim for her five previous novels: Alice in Bed, To the Birdhouse, The Evolution of Jane, and the international bestsellers Rameau's Niece and The Love Letter, both of which were made into feature films. She lives in New York City.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A pleasant...little story, with some neat phrasing and a genuine feeling for color and for beauty."--The New York Times "The Enchanted April sounds as if it would be an appallingly cloying cream puff of a fairy tale, but that would be to ignore that the author habitually kept a pot of lemon juice mixed with vinegar beside her ink-pot. With this bracing element there is additionally what can only be called a feast of flowers, hanging from every wall and pouring scent over the company."--Times Literary Supplement "[A]n expression of the propensity of people to be blind to the real secret of happiness, and that it showed how exquisitely men and women get upon each others' nerves and how they suffer from each others' egos."--National Review "...extraordinarily well written...it is witty, human, often very beautiful."--Punch "[A] comedy of absolutely flawless mirth...a very beautiful...and touching book."--Chris Morley "[A] restful, funny, sumptuous, and invigorating vacation for the mind and soul." --500 Great Books By Women A particular kind of witty and well-constructed fiction, a sort of sparkling Euclid, which nobody else can touch.
-- Rebecca West
-- Rebecca West
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Pub date:
2007-04-03
Length:
376 pages
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