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Laura
Jul 09, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics, e-books, book-and-movie, virago-modern-classics, read-2008, 3ms, nyrb-classics, australian-fiction
What a lovely novel. The Enchanted April (1991)movie based on this book is available at You Tube.

Director: Mike Newell

Cast:

Josie Lawrence as Lottie Wilkins
Miranda Richardson as Rose Arbuthnot
Alfred Molina as Mellersh Wilkins
Neville Phillips as Vicar
Jim Broadbent as Frederick Arbuthnot
Michael Kitchen as George Briggs
Joan Plowright as Mrs. Fisher
Polly Walker as Caroline Dester

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Renata
May 05, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Loved the audio version of this book! Remember watching the movie years ago -it’s time to watch it again. And time to go back to Italy for a visit!!
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Jen C.
Jul 07, 2008 rated it really liked it
I read Elizabeth von Arnim's The Enchanted April in record time. It's the story of 4 very different British women who decide to rent a villa in San Salvatore, Italy for a month together. Each is fleeing from Britain for her own reasons -- too many suitors, negligent husbands, loneliness, English gloominess. Once the women arrive in San Salvatore, the novel jumps between the rebirth of the Italian landscape in spring and the rebirth of the 4 renters' spirits. While this story is, in the end, one ...more
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Happyreader
Apr 29, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, classics
A charming and delightful argument for a long vacation and the shedding of inhibitions and social masks. As Lotty would say, this book is "a tub of love." ...more
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Margaret
Jul 01, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Excellent book; I look forward to the discussion.
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Jun 24, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Mary E.
May 17, 2010 marked it as collected-classics
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Barbara
Oct 04, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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Heather
Sep 21, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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