The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April
our dissimilar women escape their rainy London lives to rent a medieval Italian castle for a month of sunshine and wisteria. Under the spell of the Mediterranean beauty, their rigid personalities soften, leading to unexpected friendships and romantic renewals. It is the perfect prompt for stories about how a change in scenery can spark a change in the soul.
our dissimilar women escape their rainy London lives to rent a medieval Italian castle for a month of sunshine and wisteria. Under the spell of the Mediterranean beauty, their rigid personalities soften, leading to unexpected friendships and romantic renewals. It is the perfect prompt for stories about how a change in scenery can spark a change in the soul.
Chapter 1
"It began in a Woman’s Club in London on a February afternoon—an uncomfortable club, and a miserable..."
Chapter 2
"Of course Mrs. Arbuthnot was not miserable—how could she be, she asked herself, when God was taking..."
Chapter 3
"The owner of the mediaeval castle was an Englishman, a Mr. Briggs, who was in London at the moment a..."
Chapter 4
"It had been arranged that Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, travelling together, should arrive at San..."
Chapter 5
"It was cloudy in Italy, which surprised them. They had expected brilliant sunshine. But never mind:..."
Chapter 6
"When Mrs. Wilkins woke next morning she lay in bed a few minutes before getting up and opening the s..."
Chapter 7
"Their eyes followed her admiringly. They had no idea they had been snubbed. It was a disappointment,..."
Chapter 8
"Presently, when Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot, unhampered by any duties, wandered out and down the..."
Chapter 9
"That one of the two sitting-rooms which Mrs. Fisher had taken for her own was a room of charm and ch..."
Chapter 10
"There was no way of getting into or out of the top garden at San Salvatore except through the two gl..."
Chapter 11
"The sweet smells that were everywhere in San Salvatore were alone enough to produce concord. They ca..."
Chapter 12
"At the evening meal, which was the first time the whole four sat round the dining-room table togethe..."
Chapter 13
"The uneventful days—only outwardly uneventful—slipped by in floods of sunshine, and the servants, wa..."
Chapter 14
"That first week the wistaria began to fade, and the flowers of the Judas-tree and peach-trees fell o..."
Chapter 15
"The strange effect of this incident was that when they met that evening at dinner both Mrs. Fisher a..."
Chapter 16
"And so the second week began, and all was harmony. The arrival of Mr. Wilkins, instead of, as three..."
Chapter 17
"On the first day of the third week Rose wrote to Frederick.In case she should again hesitate and not..."
Chapter 18
"They had a very pleasant walk, with a great deal of sitting down in warm, thyme-fragrant corners, an..."
Chapter 19
"And then when she spoke . . . what chance was there for poor Briggs? He was undone. All Scrap said w..."
Chapter 20
"Scrap wanted to know so much about her mother that Arundel had presently to invent. He would talk ab..."
Chapter 21
"Now Frederick was not the man to hurt anything if he could help it; besides, he was completely bewil..."
Chapter 22
"That evening was the evening of the full moon. The garden was an enchanted place where all the flowe..."