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Wiek kobiety ma wymiar fizyczny, emocjonalny, ale również - o czym często się zapomina - społeczny.Wdowa, matka, a niebawem także babcia - sytuacja życiowa Katarzyny jest typowa dla "kobiety w jej wieku". Los 47-letniej bohaterki został zdefiniowany przez nieżyjącego już męża, który cały majątek przepisał córce, by ochronić Katarzynę przed zainteresowaniem mężczyzn szukających pieniędzy. Nieboszczyk nie docenił najwyraźniej swojej małżonki, gdyż ta staje się obiektem zupełnie bezinteresownej fascynacji 25-letniego Krzysztofa. Rozsądek nakazuje oddalić zalotnika, a Katarzyna to przecież kobieta rozsądna. Im dłużej się jednak wzbrania, tym częściej do głosu dochodzi serce.Wielbicielki Katarzyny Grocholi - nie możecie przeoczyć tej książki!Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) - angielska pisarka australijskiego pochodzenia, przez wiele lat związana również z Polską. W 1896 r. zamieszkała wraz z mężem w Rzędzinach koło Szczecina. Nieszczęśliwa w małżeństwie, pociechy zaczęła szukać w opisywaniu wiejskiego życia. Zadebiutowała powieścią "Elizabeth and her German Garden", która - podobnie jak wiele kolejnych - okazałą się bestsellerem. Tworzyła głównie powieści obyczajowe i romanse, początkowo publikując je pod pseudonimem. Jej prawdziwe nazwisko spopularyzowało się wraz ze współczesnymi wznowieniami jej dzieł. Takie książki jak "Mr. Skeffington" czy "Czarowny kwiecień" doczekały się ekranizacji filmowych. W czasie swojego burzliwego życia Arnim mieszkała m.in. w Londynie, Szwajcarii, Cannes oraz w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Z okazji 150. rocznicy urodzin pisarki we wsi Dobra, w powiecie polickim odsłoniono pomnik w postaci ławeczki z rzeźbą.

Written as a journal, ‘In the Mountains’ tells the story of an English woman who after WWI decides to escape her personal troubles in London and seeks refuge at her chalet in the Swiss Alps.She arrives exhausted, and as she begins to regain her strength, two English women also escaping their personal circumstances show up on her doorstep. The hostess invites them and, together, the three women embark on a strange adventure to help one another.A novel about women and escapism, ‘In the Mountains’ will be enjoyed by fans of ‘Thelma & Louise’.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

In 1901, the author – the real Elizabeth – went on a trip to the Baltic island of Rügen with her maid, a chauffeur, a friend, and a carriage piled high with their luggage.From this, she weaves a captivating tale of her encounters in this semi-autobiographical novel.A snobbish bishop’s wife and her handsome son, a dressmaker, and a long-lost cousin Charlotte form the basis of this story, as Charlotte tries to evade the pursuit of her husband.Elizabeth von Arnim's humorous novel ‘The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen’ will be enjoyed by fans of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

Orphan Anna’s life is changed for the better when she inherits an estate from her maternal uncle.Kind and intelligent, Anna decides to pass on some of her wealth by setting up a home for twelve women who have been mistreated throughout their life. These twelve women will be freed from financial worries, and will therefore not need to marry.Instead, they will be able to live in a place of natural beauty, forming a group of friends. Her goal is to make the women happy but achieving that may be harder than imagined...‘The Benefactress’ by Elizabeth von Arnim is a humorous historical fiction classic that will be enjoyed by fans of ‘Great Expectations’.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

"Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, "I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow."This witty tale of a rejuvenating summer is a semi-autobiographical tale told in the form of diary entries from a nameless narrator.In it, a woman spends her summer in her garden, away from the social world that she was trained to reside in with all its rules and conventions.Despite the name of the book, the nameless female narrator does not spend her entire summer alone but is instead joined by her daughters and husband – the latter of which she has nicknamed ‘The Man of Wrath’.A sequel to her famous début ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, ‘The Solitary Summer’ will delight fans of ‘Downton Abbey’ and ´Bridgerton', whose narratives feature the same social world our heroine is trying to escape.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

The novel centres on Rose-Marie Schmidt, a twenty-five-year-old woman who lives with her father, a professor, and is considered a spinster by most of the inhabitants of their small German town.The story weaves in a romantic entanglement as Rose-Marie falls in love with a poor but high-born young Englishman, Roger Anstruther, who is a student of her father’s.After Roger professes his love for Rose-Marie, he returns to England, leaving her to write charming letters to her father’s former student.A delightful epistolary novel, ‘Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther’ will be enjoyed by fans of Jane Austen’s novel.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

Set just before the first world war as the onset of conflict looms, ‘Christopher and Columbus’ tells the story of seventeen-year-old twin orphans, Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas as they are thrust upon their relatives by their Uncle Arthur.Arthur, a patriot, is suspicious of their half-German heritage and worries that they may be spying. He ships the twins off to America, and on their voyage, they befriend Mr Twist.However, Twist has not considered the pitfalls of taking the young women under his wings, especially since they cannot behave with tact and will need continued protection long after the ship docks.In this witty and comic novel, the twins arrive in America and take on the nicknames of Christopher and Columbus, as the reader follows their adventures in a country poised for war.A fun and uplifting novel, ‘Christopher and Columbus’ will be enjoyed by fans of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

The only novel published under the pen-name Alice Cholmondeley, ‘Christine’ gives insight into von Arnim's thoughts about the atrocities of World War I.The story is told through a series of letters to her mother in Britain from the titular Christine, an English girl who is studying in Germany in 1914 in the lead up to World War I.Initially marketed as non-fiction, this novel could be a semi-autobiographical account of von Arnim’s own daughters, Beatrix and Felicitas, who were living in Germany during World War I.‘Christine’ will be enjoyed by fans of 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

Suspected to be written as a true-to-life fairy tale for Elizabeth von Arnim’s own children, ‘The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight’ tells the story of Princess Priscilla, a well-known German princess who has grown tired of her lavish and pampered lifestyle.Her mentor, Herr Fritzing, has been teaching her about the wide world outside the castle walls and Priscilla yearns to escape and explore it.‘The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight’ will be enjoyed by fans of ‘The Princess Diaries’.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

In Elizabeth von Arnim’s humourous novel, "The Pastor's Wife", the main character Ingeborg Bullivant goes on a spontaneous trip to Lucerne and returns engaged to a Prussian pastor.However, her new life as a wife is restrictive, and when the dashing artist Ingram comes into her life and indulges her with musings about Italy, wanderlust temps Ingeborg for a second time.This warm and witty novel is based on von Arnim’s own first marriage and will be enjoyed by fans of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, this darkly comic, historical romance is the tale of a naïve young woman named Lucy Entwhistle.When Lucy marries a widower, she is swept under the power of her pathologically narcissistic husband.Her new husband’s mansion ‘The Willows’ is haunted by the spirit of his late wife, Vera, whom Lucy soon comes to suspect died by suicide because she no longer wanted to ensure being married to Everard Wemyss.‘Vera’ is perfect for fans of Emily Brontë's ´Wuthering Heights´.Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist – a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield – born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany.Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’, published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as ‘Elizabeth’ meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

Con uno straordinario esercizio di agrodolce ironia, Elizabeth von Arnim ci trasporta nell’universo "très chic" e al contempo estremamente ipocrita dell’alta società inglese. Sospeso fra l’atmosfera soffocante di Londra e i variopinti giardini della Provenza, "La fattoria dei gelsomini" prende le mosse da uno scandalo. Terry, la giovane figlia della rispettatissima lady Daisy, ha infatti avuto un’avventura con Andrew, scatenando le gelosie della moglie Rosie e, soprattutto, la perfidia di lady Belle, che non esiterà a ricorrere a un vile ricatto...

Priscilla, figlia del granduca di Lothen-Kunitiz, si sente oppressa dai continui obblighi sociali a cui il proprio rango la costringe. Etichetta di corte, protocolli e vuote convenzioni non le interessano nel modo più assoluto. Così, quando si profila all'orizzonte la prospettiva – tutt’altro che agognata – di dover sposare un lontano cugino, la giovane granduchessa prende finalmente una decisione che matura da tempo: ritirarsi in un tranquillo cottage nella campagna inglese e dedicarsi soltanto alla beneficienza. Al suo seguito solo il bibliotecario Fritzing e la cameriera Annalise.Elizabeth von Arnim, col piglio arguto che l’ha resa celebre, ci trascina in una vicenda tragicomica, in cui l’ottusa volubilità umana si scontra con il muro insensibile della dura realtà fattuale. A volte, forse, ambire alla bontà non è sufficiente. E poi – come sembra suggerirci l’autrice – che cos’è, a conti fatti, questa tanto decantata bontà?

Luglio 1919. Dopo una lunga passeggiata, Elizabeth raggiunge il suo chalet in montagna, con ancora negli occhi gli orrori della guerra appena trascorsa. Le montagne svizzere rappresentano una meta sicura dove il silenzio e la bellezza possono offrire il conforto e la pace a lungo agognati. Ogni cosa, tuttavia, sembra ormai cambiata e la casa, un tempo piena di amici, si è fatta ora vuota e silenziosa. Proprio il giorno del suo compleanno, però, Elizabeth riceve un regalo inaspettato: due donne giungono per caso allo chalet in cerca di un luogo dove poter riprendere fiato dalla camminata. Dal piacevole incontro nasce un'amicizia che porta le tre donne a trascorrere insieme le seguenti settimane estive, tra incontri, amori e vergognosi segreti sepolti nel passato.

Nel suo folgorante esordio letterario – che contò ben ventuno riedizioni nel solo 1899 – Elizabeth von Arnim riporta, sotto forma di diario e in prima persona, le impressioni semiautobiografiche della sua vita in Germania. Per sfuggire alla frenesia urbana, Elizabeth chiede al marito, un nobile prussiano, di trasferirsi nella tenuta estiva di Nassenheide, in Pomerania. Circondata soltanto dalle tre figlie, e visitata occasionalmente dalle amiche Irais e Minora, la donna riscopre ben presto sé stessa, il valore della solitudine e quella libertà che il marito (l’Uomo della Collera) sembra volerle negare ad ogni costo. Impegnata a leggere e a sorseggiare tè, all’ombra dei suoi amati lillà, la protagonista ci trascina con sé in un’oasi di pace: ma anche in una prigione dorata della quale, con estrema modernità, Elizabeth von Arnim ha saputo cogliere le più sottili implicazioni sociali...Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941), pseudonimo di Mary Annette Beauchamp, nasce a Sydney da un’agiata famiglia britannica. Trascorrerà gran parte della sua vita fra l’Europa e gli Stati Uniti. Esordisce nel 1899 con "Il giardino di Elizabeth", primo di una serie di romanzi a sfondo autobiografico. Dall’infelice matrimonio col conte Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin, durante il quale vive in Germania, nasceranno cinque figli. Dopo la morte del marito (1910), ha una relazione con H.G. Wells, per poi sposarsi in seconde nozze con John Francis Stanley Russell, fratello del filosofo Bertrand. Dal 1919 vive separata da Russell, pur non divorziando mai, abitando in Svizzera, sulla Costa Azzurra e infine negli Stati Uniti. Fra i suoi ben ventuno romanzi – che conobbero tutti una grandissima fama anche all’epoca – si possono citare "Il circolo delle ingrate", "Vi presento Sally" e "Vera".

Una mattina estiva del 1920 la giovane Lucy perde il padre improvvisamente ritrovandosi sola e disperata, senza speranze. È uno sconosciuto a risvegliarla dal torpore che il lutto le ha causato: il legame con Everard Wemyss, quarantenne rimasto vedovo da poco, è immediato, e la condivisa sofferenza per la recente perdita dà origine a una confortante intimità. Ma il matrimonio con Wemyss sarà diverso da come Lucy aveva sognato: le mura di casa diverranno quelle di una tetra prigione dove i giorni sono scanditi da rituali irrazionali; un luogo in cui Lucy non si sentirà mai davvero accolta e dove la prima moglie, Vera, morta in circostanze misteriose, si rivelerà un'entità ancora presente e tangibile.

"Der Gärtner ist seit einem Jahr hier und hat mir regelmäßig gekündigt, bis jetzt ist er aber zum Bleiben bewegt worden. Ich glaube nicht, daß er viel vom Gärtnern versteht, zumindest aber kann er graben und gießen." Also muß Elizabeth selbst Hand anlegen und den verwilderten Garten auf dem Landgut ihres Mannes in Schuß bringen. Der Zauber der Natur wird für sie zum Lebenselixier. Mit spitzer Feder und britischem Humor beschreibt die junge Frau alle Eindringlinge in ihr Idyll: den „Grimmigen" (ihren Mann), eine „beste" Freundin mit ihren „guten" Ratschlägen und eine Engländerin, die offenbar gar nichts nach Hause zieht ...

London in den 20er Jahren: Vier höchst unterschiedliche englische Damen entfliehen dem tristen Alltag und reisen gemeinsam an die italienische Mittelmeerküste. Sie quartieren sich in ein kleines mittelalterliches Castello ein und entdecken zwischen Pinien und Glyzinien die Kraft des mediterranen Frühlings und der Liebe. Elizabeth von Arnims bekanntestes und erfolgreichstes Buch, gelesen von der preisgekrönten Sprecherin Doris Wolters, sprüht vor Witz.

Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel "Elizabeth and Her German Garden" was first published in 1898. It was instantly popular and has gone through numerous reprints ever since.This story is the main character Elizabeth’s diary, where she relates stories from her life, as she learns to tend to her garden. Whilst the novel has a strongly autobiographical tone, it is also very humorous and satirical, due to Elizabeth’s frequent mistakes and her idiosyncratic outlook on life. She comments on the beauty of nature and shares her view on society, looking down on the frivolous fashions of her time and writing "I believe all needlework and dressmaking is of the devil, designed to keep women from study."The book is the first in a series about the same character. Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), née Mary Annette Beauchamp, was a British novelist. Born in Australia, her family returned to England when she was three years old; and she was Katherine Mansfield’s cousin. She was first married to a Prussian aristocrat, the Graf von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and later to the philosopher Bertrand Russel’s older brother, Frank, whom she left a year later. She then had an affair with the publisher Alexander Reeves, a man thirty years her junior, and with H.G. Wells. Von Arnim moved a lot, living alternatively in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, before dying of influenza in South Carolina during the Second War. Elizabeth von Arnim was an active member of the European literary scene, and entertained many of her contemporaries in her Chalet Soleil in Switzerland. She even hired E. M. Forster and Hugh Walpole as tutors for her five children. She is famous for her half-autobiographical, satirical novel "Elizabeth and her German Garden" (1898), as well as for "Vera" (1921), and "The Enchanted April" (1922).

"... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer."Lottie and Rose belong to the same London women's club, but they don't know each other very well. They both see the same advertisement for a castle in Italy, which is available for rent for a month. For different reasons, these women want to get away from their husbands for a while and they put out an ad and find two more women in need of vacation. And so, the four vastly different women head to Italy. But when they invite their husbands, the trouble begins...Light-hearted and witty, 'The Enchanted April' is the ultimate comfort read. It has been adapted to stage and film several times, notably in 1991 with the Oscar nominated movie starring Joan Plowright.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) was an Australian-born British novelist, who started writing to escape her first husband. She is especially known for her novel 'The Enchanted April' (1922) and the semi-autobiographical 'Vera' (1921).

Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month's holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There’s timid Lotty Wilkins, terrified of her domineering husband; sober and religious Rose Arbuthnot; rigid and judgemental Mrs Fisher; and the breathtakingly beautiful but disillusioned and unhappy Lady Caroline Dester. They are lured to the castle by the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but they end up finding there so much more than they had bargained for. The place transforms them and their lives are unexpectedly changed. Von Arnim's story of their metamorphosis under the Italian sun is warm, witty, intelligent, and as enchanting as the title suggests.Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), née Mary Annette Beauchamp, was a British novelist. Born in Australia, her family returned to England when she was three years old; and she was Katherine Mansfield’s cousin. She was first married to a Prussian aristocrat, the Graf von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and later to the philosopher Bertrand Russel’s older brother, Frank, whom she left a year later. She then had an affair with the publisher Alexander Reeves, a man thirty years her junior, and with H.G. Wells. Von Arnim moved a lot, living alternatively in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, before dying of influenza in South Carolina during the Second War. Elizabeth von Arnim was an active member of the European literary scene, and entertained many of her contemporaries in her Chalet Soleil in Switzerland. She even hired E. M. Forster and Hugh Walpole as tutors for her five children. She is famous for her half-autobiographical, satirical novel "Elizabeth and her German Garden" (1898), as well as for "Vera" (1921), and "The Enchanted April" (1922).