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by Elizabeth Von Arnim · 1866–1941
"The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim is a novel published in 1922. Four dissimilar women escape their dreary lives in 1920s England for a month-long holiday at a medieval Italian castle. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins struggle with unhappy marriages, Lady Caroline seeks refuge from shallow London society, and elderly Mrs. Fisher clings to her Victorian past. Despite initial tensions, the tranquil Mediterranean setting begins to work its magic on each woman, offering possibilities for transformation and renewal.
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- Read time
- 356 min
- Words
- 78,249
- Chapters
- 23
- Paragraphs
- 1,564
- Price
- Free
- British -- Italy -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Italy -- Fiction
- Love stories
Once more, but this time in a tone of real hopefulness, Mrs. Wilkins said, pointing upwards at the black outline against the only slightly less black sky, “San Salvatore?”
Una vez más, pero esta vez con un tono de verdadera esperanza, la señora Wilkins dijo, señalando hacia arriba la silueta negra contra el cielo apenas ligeramente menos negro: «¿San Salvatore?»
And once more, but this time comfortingly, encouragingly, came back the assurance, “_Sì, sì_—San Salvatore.”
Y una vez más, pero esta vez reconfortante, alentadora, llegó la seguridad: «_Sì, sì_—San Salvatore».
They crossed a little bridge, over what was apparently a ravine, and then came a flat bit with long grass at the sides and more flowers.
Cruzaron un pequeño puente, sobre lo que aparentemente era un barranco, y luego llegó un tramo llano con hierba larga a los lados y más flores.
They felt the grass flicking wet against their stockings, and the invisible flowers were everywhere.
Sentían la hierba húmeda rozando sus medias, y las flores invisibles estaban por todas partes.
Then up again through trees, along a zigzag path with the smell all the way of the flowers they could not see.
Luego subieron de nuevo entre árboles, por un sendero en zigzag con el olor de las flores que no podían ver en todo el recorrido.
The warm rain was bringing out all the sweetness.
La lluvia cálida sacaba toda la dulzura.
Higher and higher they went in this sweet darkness, and the red light on the jetty dropped farther and farther below them.
Subían más y más alto en esa oscuridad dulce, y la luz roja del muelle caía cada vez más lejos debajo de ellos.
The path wound round to the other side of what appeared to be a little peninsula; the jetty and the red light disappeared; across the emptiness on their left were distant lights.
El sendero se curvaba hacia el otro lado de lo que parecía ser una pequeña península; el muelle y la luz roja desaparecieron; a través del vacío a su izquierda había luces distantes.
About the author
Elizabeth Von Arnim1866–1941
Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Sydney in 1866, was an English novelist who wrote in English.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- Spanish, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #16389
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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