tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1440963425396033738..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: EnchantingStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17880459088084039682009-04-25T19:16:00.000+01:002009-04-25T19:16:00.000+01:00So glad you liked this. It's such a gorgeous book...So glad you liked this. It's such a gorgeous book--both the setting and the way it was so transformative to the four women. I wonder if my life would change if I took a trip to San Salvatore!! :)Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30318361406277303922009-04-19T18:46:00.000+01:002009-04-19T18:46:00.000+01:00I love this book too - it caught me by surprise an...I love this book too - it caught me by surprise and ended up being bought for my best friend on her birthday last month. (wandered here via becca&bella's link to you)Trish @ spiritofplace.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17119890087339740758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-36728287386643925012009-04-19T15:38:00.000+01:002009-04-19T15:38:00.000+01:00Yet again Simon you have introduced me to a book t...Yet again Simon you have introduced me to a book that I knew nothing about and it sounds a real gem, I shall have to hunt down a copy next month (I am refusing to buy myself any more books in April) and am sure will devour it.Savidge Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188492593913938737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83855371882798575742009-04-19T15:33:00.000+01:002009-04-19T15:33:00.000+01:00Having urged you to read it, I followed my own adv...Having urged you to read it, I followed my own advice and picked it off the shelf yesterday for a re-visit.<br /><br />Since I last read it (a library paperback some years ago) I've acquired a 1923 US edition "by the Author of 'Elizabeth and her German Garden'"-- no name revealed, which contains a coloured frontispiece labelled, "The View from Mrs. Wilkins's Bedroom, after a Water-Colour Drawing by the Hon. Lady Mallet" exactly as described in Chapter VI.<br /><br />Ahhhh!Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-33296596559297839802009-04-19T08:21:00.000+01:002009-04-19T08:21:00.000+01:00I also think it is The Brontes went to Woolworths ...I also think it is The Brontes went to Woolworths even though you are only showing 25 of our list!!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739410242766153431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71594475782325713502009-04-19T08:19:00.000+01:002009-04-19T08:19:00.000+01:00Simon - I am so glad that you loved this book but ...Simon - I am so glad that you loved this book but I just knew you would! This was the very first E von A I ever read and since then I have acquired copies of all of her books (as you know the final one I have been looking for for over seven years was stumbled upon just a few weeks ago in London) but this one is, well, enchanting. I think I may just have to read it again and rewatch the DVD which has finally been released. My old video was getting worn out. <br /><br />And thank you Kentish Maid for letting us know that the castle in the film is the one in which the author was staying. This really adds to it all.<br /><br />Simon - guess what I am going to read today??Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739410242766153431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-6227477222097493612009-04-19T00:48:00.000+01:002009-04-19T00:48:00.000+01:00I like the sound of Enchanted April. I've seen a ...I like the sound of Enchanted April. I've seen a film version but not the book. Didn't know she was cousin to Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield seems to be out of fashion at the moment, not one of my local bookshops or libraries stock her short stories.Nicolahttp://vintagereads.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3887002332756626182009-04-18T22:25:00.000+01:002009-04-18T22:25:00.000+01:00I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I also liked the movie...I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I also liked the movie - which is not always the case when book is translated to screen.<br /><br />With the recent precipitation here, in the form of s**w, I would love to be transported to an Italian castle myself . . .Islandsparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474765495506044446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-4798869052595168892009-04-18T16:21:00.000+01:002009-04-18T16:21:00.000+01:00Certainly agree that Enchanted April is a beautifu...Certainly agree that Enchanted April is a beautiful book but think my choice to fulfil your criteria would have been One Fine Day by Mollie Panter Downes - near perfect in terms of the atmosphere of a country day that it creates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78295730755254809162009-04-18T13:25:00.000+01:002009-04-18T13:25:00.000+01:00It must be 17 years since I read The Enchanted Apr...It must be 17 years since I read The Enchanted April. You see things differently with the passing of time so it would be worth pulling out again. Thanks for the reminder!Darlenehttp://www.rosesoveracottagedoor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53186048975978187672009-04-18T10:49:00.000+01:002009-04-18T10:49:00.000+01:00Last weekend I watched the recently released DVD o...Last weekend I watched the recently released DVD of Enchanted April from Lovefilm. As the weather in SE England was most definately not enchanted April I also watched the commentry about making the film. Having read The Enchanted April twice, it is almost a yearly re read for me, I was delighted by the film...Joan Plowright, Michael Kitchen, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent. The commentry filled in even more, especially the fact the Italian scenes were filmed in the Castille Brown, the actual fortified house Elizabeth von Arnim was staying in when she wrote this book; her publishers had asked for something "happy". She set the story in the house so what you see in the film is that described in the book. Watch it and enjoy, especially on rainy April afternoons.Kentishmaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467073271952930230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3644167994377785202009-04-18T10:48:00.000+01:002009-04-18T10:48:00.000+01:00I would guess The Brontes Went to Woolworths but R...I would guess The Brontes Went to Woolworths but Rachel Ferguson is not on your list (but in the photograph above, I spy).<br />I read The Enchanted April last week with review forthcoming. It was, indeed, enchanting.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91752594477087908722009-04-18T10:35:00.000+01:002009-04-18T10:35:00.000+01:00Well this is a difficult one. The only book that I...Well this is a difficult one. The only book that I can remember where there are four women sharing a home is I think 'Passionate Women' by Meredith Tax. I don't know if this book is in your top 50 because I can't see your full list. But anyway worth a try especially if I win a prize.Jennifer Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465209544401844796noreply@blogger.com