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Download or read book The History of the Peloponnesian War Translated from the Greek of Thucydides To which are Annexed Three Preliminary Discourses I On the Life of Thucydides II On His Qualifications as an Historian III A Survey of the History By W Smith A New Edition to which is Prefixed the Life and Character of the Translator written by and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book THE ENCHANTED APRIL written by ELIZABETH VON ARNIM and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 eye down the Agony Column saw this: To Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let furnished for the month of April. Necessary servants remain. Z, Box 1000, The Times. That was its conception; yet, as in the case of many another, the conceiver was unaware of it at the moment. So entirely unaware was Mrs. Wilkins that her April for that year had then and there been settled for her that she dropped the newspaper with a gesture that was both irritated and resigned, and went over to the window and stared drearily out at the dripping street...

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Download or read book The Enchanted April By Elizabeth Von Arnim From the Author of Books Like Elizabeth and Her German Garden Vera The Solitary Summer Mr Skeffington Love The Pastor s Wife Father The Benefactress In the Mountains written by Elizabeth Von Arnim and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-03-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Books Like · Elizabeth and Her German Garden · Vera · The Solitary Summer · Mr Skeffington · Love · The Pastor's Wife · Father · The Benefactress · In the Mountains ♥♥ The Enchanted April By Elizabeth Von Arnim ♥♥ Glimpse of the Book: 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 eye down the Agony Column saw this: To Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let furnished for the month of April. Necessary servants remain. Z, Box 1000, The Times. That was its conception; yet, as in the case of many another, the conceiver was unaware of it at the moment. So entirely unaware was Mrs. Wilkins that her April for that year had then and there been settled for her that she dropped the newspaper with a gesture that was both irritated and resigned, and went over to the window and stared drearily out at the dripping street. Not for her were mediaeval castles, even those that are specially described as small. Not for her the shores in April of the Mediterranean, and the wisteria and sunshine. Such delights were only for the rich. Yet the advertisement had been addressed to persons who appreciate these things, so that it had been, anyhow addressed too to her, for she certainly appreciated them; more than anybody knew; more than she had ever told. But she was poor. In the whole world she possessed of her very own only ninety pounds, saved from year to year, put by carefully pound by pound, out of her dress allowance. She had scraped this sum together at the suggestion of her husband as a shield and refuge against a rainy day. Her dress allowance, given her by her father, was £100 a year, so that Mrs. Wilkins’s clothes were what her husband, urging her to save, called modest and becoming, and her acquaintance to each other, when they spoke of her at all, which was seldom for she was very negligible, called a perfect sight. Mr. Wilkins, a solicitor, encouraged thrift, except that branch of it which got into his food. He did not call that thrift, he called it bad housekeeping. But for the thrift which, like moth, penetrated into Mrs. Wilkins’s clothes and spoilt them, he had much praise. “You never know,” he said, “when there will be a rainy day, and you may be very glad to find you have a nest-egg. Indeed we both may.” ♥♥ The Enchanted April By Elizabeth Von Arnim ♥♥ About the Author: Elizabeth, Countess Russell, was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility, known as Mary Annette Gräfin von Arnim. Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Sydney, Australia, she was raised in England and in 1891 married Count Henning August von Arnim, a Prussian aristocrat, and the great-great-great-grandson of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia. She had met von Arnim during an Italian tour with her father. They married in London but lived in Berlin and eventually moved to the countryside where, in Nassenheide, Pomerania, the von Arnims had their family estate. The couple had five children, four daughters and a son. The children's tutors at Nassenheide included E. M. Forster and Hugh Walpole. In 1898 she started her literary career by publishing Elizabeth and Her German Garden, a semi-autobiographical novel about a rural idyll published anonymously and, as it turned out to be highly successful, reprinted 21 times within the first year. Von Arnim wrote another 20 books, which were all published "By the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden". Count von Arnim died in 1910, and in 1916 Elizabeth married John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, Bertrand Russell's elder brother. The marriage ended in disaster, with Elizabeth escaping to the United States and the couple finally agreeing, in 1919, to get a divorce. She also had an affair with H. G. Wells. She was a cousin of Katherine Mansfield (whose full name was Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp). Elizabeth von Arnim spent her old age in London, Switzerland, and on the French Riviera. When World War II broke out she permanently took up residence in the United States, where she died in 1941, aged 74. ♥♥ The Enchanted April By Elizabeth Von Arnim ♥♥ Summary of the Book: A light and pastoral novel compared to her other works, British author Elizabeth von Arnim’s historical fiction The Enchanted April (1922) was inspired by her experience touring the Italian Riviera. It ties together the narratives of four unique women living in Arnim’s present-day England, who somewhat reluctantly band together to vacation in Italy. Eventually, realizing they have a number of commonalities, the women reach the moralistic conclusion that it is prudent and wise to seek social connection rather than exclusivity. Famous for being a relatively early text to feature a solidarity of women as protagonist figures, the novel inaugurated later feminist British literature. It also addresses themes such as self-fulfillment, love, the intrinsic value of the natural world, and the texture of memory. The Enchanted April begins on an ordinary day in England. Mrs. Arbuthnot, a reticent and traditional woman, meets up with Mrs. Wilkins, who is more spontaneous, to discuss an advertisement they found listing the lease of a villa in Italy the next April. Each woman considers the other an acquaintance, but not a friend by any means. However, Mrs. Wilkins notices Mrs. Arbuthnot’s dissatisfaction with life and resonates with her. She urges Mrs. Arbuthnot to sign the lease with her. Mrs. Arbuthnot contacts Mr. Briggs, the owner, who becomes infatuated with her. Realizing that the rate is higher than they expected, the two women resolve to find other female boarders to split the cost. Their petition draws in two other women, Mrs. Fisher, a controlling woman, and the extremely wealthy Lady Caroline Denston. Lacking other interested parties, Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins agree to go with them despite their initial judgments. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins travel together to Italy, while the other two women make their own arrangements. When they arrive at the villa, they find that they are the last to reach it, and are irritated that Mrs. Fisher and Lady Caroline have taken the villa’s two finest rooms. Quickly enamored with the beauty of Italy, Mrs. Wilkins forgets her trivial woes. In contrast, Mrs. Arbuthnot despairs, revealing that she has not even informed her husband of her travels. Mrs. Fisher proves to be a solitary person, and Lady Caroline uses Italy as a meditative and spiritual experience. As their vacation progresses, the four women learn more about themselves and of each other. Mrs. Wilkins revels in the Italian countryside, believing that her marital woes would disappear if she lived there; she decides to invite her lawyer husband to join her at the villa. Mrs. Arbuthnot follows suit, inviting her husband as well, though it is out of guilt. Mrs. Fisher, realizing she has repressed much of her youthful spirit, resolves to nurture it further. Reflecting on her life in England, Lady Caroline realizes she has cheapened it with trivialities and shallowness. However, she is at a loss as to how to lead a more meaningful life. Soon, Mr. Wilkins makes it to the Italian villa. 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Lady Caroline quickly pivots, turning to Mr. Briggs, as Mrs. Arbuthnot reconnects with her husband. The story concludes at the end of the women’s month in Italy. They look forward to returning to England, implementing their improved relationships and self-understanding in daily life. A gentle novel even with its unexpected twists and turns, The Enchanted April casts the setting of an idealized rural Italy as an environment that enables its visitors to reconnect to their spiritual roots. Using this trope of the “change of scenery” as a source of therapy, it suggests that the social connections that nature and relaxation foster can be a remedy to one’s exacting and modern urban life. ♥♥ The Enchanted April By Elizabeth Von Arnim ♥♥

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