Lo mejor del humor británico y de la novela romántica.«Para aquellos que aprecian las glicinias y el sol. Se alquila pequeño castillo medieval italiano durante el mes de abril.»Un lugar encantador adonde...

La joven e inocente Lucy Entwhistle acaba de perder a su padre —hasta el momento, su única compañía— cuando conoce por casualidad al viudo Everard Wemyss. Maduro, atento y caballeroso, Wemyss la protege...

De la autora de Vera.«¿Eran cálidos todos los comienzos? ¿Eran todos los finales sombríos y tristes?».Todo el mundo adora a Milly, la mujer de Ernest Bott. Y es que es la esposa ideal: encantadora, amable,...

La inolvidable autobiografía de la mujer que escribió Vera y Expiación.«Para empezar, me gustaría decir que, aunque los padres, los maridos, los hijos, los amantes y los amigos están muy bien, no son...

De la autora de Vera, Expiación y Todos los perros de mi vida.«El amor no es decente. El amor es glorioso y desvergonzado».Una viuda y un joven se conocen en el Londres de principios del siglo XX al coincidir...

Lo mejor del humor británico y de la novela romántica. «Para aquellos que aprecian las glicinias y el sol. Se alquila pequeño castillo medieval italiano durante el mes de abril.» Un lugar encantador...

"Elizabeth y su jardín alemán es una obra semi-autobiográfica publicada en 1898 que refleja, con agudo humor e ironía, la vida de la escritora en su retiro campestre en Pomerania, al norte de Alemania....

Un superventas del siglo XIX que nos sigue interpelando intensamenteAmbientado en la región alemana de Pomerania, este es el relato de una joven mujer que ve en las plantas y en los árboles una imagen...

Australian-born novelist, born Mary Annette Beauchamp. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell. Although known in her early life as...

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a...

The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim. The work was inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, probably the most widely read (as an English and American...

Australian-born novelist, born Mary Annette Beauchamp. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell. Although known in her early life as...

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a...

Originally published in 1922, Elizabeth Von Arnim's The Enchanted April is a charming and light-hearted novel about unlikely female friendships and the power of a blissful escape.Complete & Unabridged....

In 1901, the author – the real Elizabeth – went on a trip to the Baltic island of Rügen with her maid, a chauffeur, a friend, and a carriage piled high with their luggage. From this, she weaves a captivating...

Orphan Anna's life is changed for the better when she inherits an estate from her maternal uncle. Kind and intelligent, Anna decides to pass on some of her wealth by setting up a home for twelve women...

Written as a journal, 'In the Mountains' tells the story of an English woman who after WWI decides to escape her personal troubles in London and seeks refuge at her chalet in the Swiss Alps. She arrives...

Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca', this darkly comic, historical romance is the tale of a naïve young woman named Lucy Entwhistle.When Lucy...

Suspected to be written as a true-to-life fairy tale for Elizabeth von Arnim's own children, 'The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight' tells the story of Princess Priscilla, a well-known German princess who...

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a...

Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan: they will have a holiday. Leaving a drab and rainy London one April and arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean,...

The only novel published under the pen-name Alice Cholmondeley, 'Christine' gives insight into von Arnim's thoughts about the atrocities of World War I. The story is told through a series of letters...

Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month's holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There's timid Lotty Wilkins, terrified...

Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month's holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There’s timid Lotty Wilkins, terrified...

Anna Estcourt, vingt-cinq ans, emménage dans une petite propriété du Nord de l'Allemagne dont elle hérite à la mort de son oncle. Jolie, intelligente mais sans fortune, elle a grandi jusque-là avec son...

Elizabeth quittant mari et enfants, a décidé de passer quelques jours en compagnie de sa fidèle femme de chambre, Gertrud, avec sa victoria, son cocher, ses peignoirs et son carton à chapeaux dans l'île...

« Un élément nouveau inquiète lady Skeffington : elle ne parvient pas à chasser de son esprit le souvenir soudain récurrent de son mari dont elle a pourtant divorcé depuis fort longtemps. C’est une situation...

Elizabeth von Arnim's novel tells the story of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their damp and rainy environs to go on a holiday to a secluded coastal castle in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and...

Une annonce discrète dans le Times propose à « Ceux qui Apprécient la Glycine et le Soleil » de louer un petit château médiéval dans une baie de la Riviera italienne. En ce mois d’avril, cette invitation...

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. Seeking escape from their unfulfilling marriages and monotonous lives in 1920s England, two women become transfixed...