Enchanted april

In this award-winning movie adaptation of the beloved novel, two proper Englishwomen, determined to get away from their drab lives and inattentive husbands, find paradise and adventure in the serene countryside of the Italian Riviera.

“The Enchanted April” by Elizabeth von Arnim is exactly as magical as its title suggests. But, much like folklore, there is also the threat of April’s capricious rain on the horizon. What emerges is a novel that is stronger for …

With the 100 year anniversary of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, it's high time for an updated movie remake of this gorgeous classic novel!

Enchanted April

Where I live in the Great White North, we are finally—finally—beginning to see the signs of spring. Not actual spring of course—we got a whole new layer of fresh snow today—but the barest hints that the season might be on its way; flickerings that…

'This delicious confection will work its magic on all' Daily Telegraph The discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed 'To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine', offers a small medieval castle for rent, above a bay on the Italian Riviera. Four very different women - the dishevelled and downtrodden Mrs Wilkins, the sad, sweet-faced Mrs Arbuthnot, the formidable widow Mrs Fisher and the ravishing socialite Lady Caroline Dester - are drawn to the shores of the Mediterranean that…

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Four women living in 1920s England rent a chateau on a remote Italian island to try to come to grips with their lives and relationships.