by Elizabeth von Arnim (Author)
In 1901 the 'real' Elizabeth holidayed on the Baltic island of Rugen with just her maid, a coachman, a carriage piled with luggage, and a woman friend. From such unpromising beginnings Elizabeth weaves a captivating farrago around her encounters. There's the snobbish bishop's wife and her personable, handsome son, a dressmaker and, astonishingly, a long-lost cousin -- Charlotte -- who is trying to evade the pursuit of her husband, the maddeningly genial old professor.
Here, with delightfully astringent humour, Elizabeth recounts the misadventures that befall her. And, as she immortalised her Pomeranian wilderness in the famous ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN, she now writes enticingly of this remote and attractive island.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 02 Feb 2006
ISBN 10: 1844082768
ISBN 13: 9781844082766
Book Overview: * 'A triumph of comic invention' PENELOPE MORTIMER * An astringent, self-deprecating human comedy