The Enchanted April

The Enchanted April

Elizabeth von Arnim

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.5
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A recipe for happiness: four women, one medieval Italian castle, plenty of wisteria, and solitude as needed. The women at the center of The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. They find each other—and the castle of their dreams—through a classified ad in a London newspaper one rainy February afternoon. The ladies expect a pleasant holiday, but they don’t anticipate that the month they spend in Portofino will reintroduce them to their true natures and reacquaint them with joy. Now, if the same transformation can be worked on their husbands and lovers, the enchantment will be complete. The Enchanted April was a best-seller in both England and the United States, where it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and set off a craze for tourism to Portofino. More recently, the novel has been the inspiration for a major film and a Broadway play.


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    Mar 12, 2025
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.5
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    first of all, this book is for those who prefer to read about characters development and emotions instead of adventures and acts i loved this book even though some things weren't believable (like, how everything turned out in the end... too perfect to be true) loved heroines so much, they were so alive and beautiful 💔

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