Writing as ‘Elizabeth’, she immediately became a literary celebrity and went on to publish twenty more eagerly anticipated novels.

I absolutely loved 'Enchanted April', so perhaps my expectations of 'Elizabeth and her German Garden' were too high? Sitting in her garden, be it summer or winter, she can then tolerate unwelcome guests, discourses in disciplining women, and the judgmental British tutor. It is an idyllic life made possible by her privileged background and access to governesses, maid servants, and itinerant gardeners.There are some lovely anecdotes of her interactions with her three young children that are quite delightful and humorous. Le ore volano quando me ne sto rinchiusa con quei cataloghi e con il Dovere che ringhia astioso dall’altra parte della porta. We have the 'babies' the April, baby, the May baby, the June baby and the 'Man of Wrath', who seems just to be a pompous reactionary bore. Taking respite from the Man of Wrath, her children and her stifling household, Elizabeth discovers that the path to joy lies in having a garden, rather than a room, of one's own.

TRUE, THERE IS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PLOT BUT IT IS WRITTEN WITH SUCH CHARM THAT ONE NEVER GETS BORED. Elizabeth and Her German Garden, written in loose diary format, is about Elizabeth's garden and life there on the estate in Nassenheide.Pomerania is an area in the northeast part of Germany and northwest part of Poland, on the south shores of the Baltic Sea. No – ha replicato lui assennatamente; – no, il tuo giardino non è il tuo Dovere, perché è il tuo Piacere. Known today as Elizabeth von Arnim, this author’s most famous novel now is probably The Enchanted April (1922), but modern readers will appreciate the lively approach and relevance of all her work.

Arriving in Pomerania she had three little girls, three, four and five years of age, who in the book she amusingly refers to as her June, May and April babies, respectively The diary covers a little more than one year, starting in March and ending the following April. It includes commentary on the beauty of nature and on society, but is primarily humorous due to Elizabeth's frequent mistakes and her idiosyncratic outlook on life. These women accept their beating with a simplicity worthy of all praise, and far from considering themselves insulted, admire the strength and energy of the man who can administer such eloquent rebukes.Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Sydney, Australia, she was raised in England and in 1891 married Count Henning August von Arnim, a Prussian aristocrat, and the great-great-great-grandson of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia. Second, the descriptions of all the flowers and the garden were longish and slightly boring since I'm not into gardening, at all (I unfortunately kill everything! Su vida transcurre a principios de la Alemania del siglo XX donde el papel de la mujer estaba limitado a la atención de la casa y la cocina. I know the intention was to be humorous, but I was ready to get away from all three women and back into the garden, alone! entzückend, reizend, herrlich, wundervoll and süss = adorable, delightful, splendid, wonderful and sweet (I added the umlauts; the Gutenberg copy is missing them.