The Enchanted April By Elizabeth Von Arnim

-Elizabeth and her German Garden- is the first book by Marie Annette Beauchamp-known all her life as -Elizabeth-. The semi-autobiographical book, anonymously published, under the name Elizabeth, was an incredible success, going through printing after printing over the next few years. -The Enchanted April- is von Armin's best known work. It has been made into a successful film, and has made famous the Italian resort where it is set, Portofino.

"Elizabeth and her German Garden" is the first book by Marie Annette Beauchamp-known all her life as "Elizabeth." The semi-autobiographical book, anonymously published, under the name Elizabeth, was an incredible success, going through printing after printing over the next few years. "The Enchanted April" is von Armin's best known work. It has been made into a successful film, and has made famous the Italian resort where it is set, Portofino.

The charming, slyly comic novel of romantic longing and transformation that inspired the Oscar-nominated film
Four very different women, looking to escape dreary London for the sunshine of Italy, take up an offer advertised in the Times for a small medieval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April. As each blossoms in the warmth of the Italian spring, quite unexpected changes occur.
An immediate bestseller upon its first publication, in 1922, The Enchanted April set off a craze for tourism to the Italian Riviera...