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The Solitary Summer Elizabeth von Arnim

The Solitary Summer By Elizabeth von Arnim

The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim


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Summary

*A companion/sequel to the famous Elizabeth and Her German Garden

The Solitary Summer Summary

The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim

This delightful companion to the famous Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a witty, lyrical account of a rejuvenating summer. Descriptions of magnificent larkspurs and burning nasturtiums give way to those of cooling forest walks - and of clambering up the mud bank when the miller is not in view. Rainy days prompt a little philanthropy, until the sun returns the gardener to the refuge of her beloved plants. Yet the months are not as solitary as she'd planned: there's the Man of Wrath to pacify and the April, May and June babies to amuse.

Here, with the pleasing astringency for which she is noted, Elizabeth von Arnim returns to the heroine and the garden she immortalised.

The Solitary Summer Reviews

Recreates a Wordsworthian sense of rapturous awe * - Deborah Kellerway *
An intriguing portrait of a complex and frustrated woman * The TIMES *

About Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim was born in 1866 in Sydney, Australia, and brought up in England. She lived much of her life in Switzerland, where she entertained such guests as H.G. Wells (with whom she had an affair) and Katherine Mansfield, her cousin.

Additional information

GOR001203256
9781853815539
1853815535
The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
1993-02-01
208
N/A
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