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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (2 Feb 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844083497
ISBN-13: 978-1844083497
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm

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'An extraordinary work ... idyllic' ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD 'A gem of a book: rare, simple, innocent and charming. I was captivated' SUSAN HILL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony' LISA ST AUBIN DE TERAN 'She has a wild sense of comedy and a vision - continually thwarted though it was - of potential happiness' PENELOPE MORTIMER

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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly modern memoirs of Edwardian author, 4 Dec 2003

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To me, this is much the best of Von Arnim's writing. Describing the joys and tribulations of a young English woman marrying a German aristocrat she centres on the haphazard creation of her garden and the activities of her children in an examination of European mores.

Her tone is anything but dusty. A top-selling author of her day she seems to have more in common with - the best - Sunday newspaper columnists of today than with her contemporaries. She battles both with chauvanism and the demands of running a country house which threaten to quell her free-wheeling attitude to life, in a style as fresh as it was at the turn of the century.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous!, 25 May 1999

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Elizabeth and her German Garden is a joy: aspiring Gertude Jekylls may not find the horticultural tips they are looking for, but anybody who delights in communing with the earth in their own little corner of half-tamed nature, whilst blithely ignoring the pressures of family and day-to-day life, will find a kindred spirit in Elizabeth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An original voice, 2 Dec 2008

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This tale, which recounts Elizabeth Von Arnim's discovery of the joys of gardening in the remote German countryside, is a real breath of fresh air. Von Arnim married young to a much older German aristocrat and found herself in an alien and elite world which reeks of dryness and dust - a captive world. Clearly a free spirit, and an unconventional character, it is facinating to read of Von Arnim's liberation through the rebellious act of creating her garden. However, the story is not just about the garden. It also offers up Von Arnim's wonderful, razor sharp, and somewhat wicked observations of the stultifying aristocratic set in which she finds herself. I love, in particular, the descriptions of her almost comedically chauvinistic husband, who she laughs both with and at. Although a snob herself, and somewhat arrogant, Von Arnim recognises her own failings and is quite happy to puncture her own bubble, which helps keep the reader on her side. Her fiercely independent (for her time) nature, rapier like wit and keen intelligence are refreshing to encounter in this very well written book. Von Arnim was a successful author in her time and I think it is time her books were re-discovered by a modern audience.

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