Elizabeth von Arnim has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 5 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Enchanted April.
The Enchanted April
Summary
Lured by the Mediterranean spring, the violet mountains, sweet-scented flowers, and an idyllic small Italian seaport, four truly diverse Englishwomen rent an Italian castle for the month of April. They gradually shed their public skins to discover a harmony each of them has longed for but none has known until now.
Public Domain (P)2021 Audio Holdings LLC
The Enchanted April
Summary
Four very diverse women, all seeking revitalization and escape from the dreary February rains of 1920s London, rent the small medieval castle of San Salvatore, nestled high above the bay of Portofino, Italy. Arriving at San Salvatore, they find it awash with the scent of flowers, its olive groves terracing down to the sun-warmed sea. Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot are glad to leave their insipid duties and unresponsive husbands behind; the elderly Mrs. Fisher wishes only to sit in the sun and replay her youthful memories; and the bewitchingly beautiful Lady Caroline Dester desires to have seclusion from all adoring suitors. A month of blissful privacy at San Salvatore promises to be the remedy each of them is looking for. Amid the canopies of fragrant wisteria, in the sweet sunshine and melodious silence, four lives are transformed and resuscitated by the magic of San Salvatore.
©1922 Elizabeth von Arnim (P)1994 Blackstone AudioBooks
The Enchanted April
Summary
It began in a women's club in London on a February afternoon. A discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed to "Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine..." lures four very different women away from the dismal British weather to San Salvatore, a castle high above a bay on the sunny Italian Riviera. There, the Mediterranean spirit stirs the souls of Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Wilkins, Lady Caroline Dester, and Mrs Fisher, and remarkable changes occur.
©1922 Elizabeth von Arnim (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Un incantevole aprile
Summary
In un club della Londra anni Venti due signore inglesi scoprono di essere accomunate da una vita amorosa insoddisfacente, molto diversa da quella che avevano sognato il giorno del matrimonio. Mrs Wilkins, timida e repressa, è sposata con un avvocato ambizioso che "lodava la parsimonia tranne quando si trattava del cibo che finiva nel suo piatto"; Mrs Arbuthnot, estremamente religiosa, è sposata a uno scrittore di biografie sulle amanti dei re: per una donna come lei, una cosa davvero sconveniente. Insieme decidono di rispondere a un annuncio per l'affitto di un castello a San Salvatore, piccola cittadina della Liguria, per tutto il mese di aprile. A loro si uniscono Mrs Fisher, un'anziana signora che incarna appieno la morale vittoriana nel portamento, nelle amicizie e nella rigida etichetta che esige sia rispettata, e Lady Caroline, giovane ereditiera di una bellezza sopraffina in cerca di requie dalla vita mondana e dagli innumerevoli spasimanti. Le quattro donne, che si conoscono a malapena, si lasciano così alle spalle la grigia e piovosa Inghilterra per godersi un mese di vacanza in Italia. Immergendosi nel calore della primavera italiana e nella bellezza placida del luogo, avvolte nei profumi dei glicini e dei narcisi che aiutano a mettersi a nudo, le signore imparano ad apprezzarsi, mentre ognuna, a turno, sboccia e ringiovanisce, riscoprendo l'amore e l'amicizia, ritrovando la speranza.
©1993 Bollati Boringhieri (P)2018 Adriano Salani Editore
The Enchanted April
Summary
To Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small medieaval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be Let Furnished for the month of April. This small advertisement sparks something long dormant in the reluctant hearts of two downcast London women - the possibility of happiness. Meet Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot. Both are churchgoers, and very good, dutiful wives - they do everything that is expected of them. And they are both incredibly unhappy. Through this elegant novel, we see them work through their disparate struggles and rise from the ashes, with the help of wisteria and sunshine.
Public Domain (P)2017 B. J. Harrison