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The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim · 1922
Four London women rent an Italian castle for April, where a spring among wisteria, sea air, and new companions gives each room to see life differently.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 29 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Women and Household of The Enchanted April
The Company at the Ligurian Coast
Mrs. Wilkins — Profile
The AdvertisementMrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot discover the Italian villa notice in a dreary London club.
The Judas Tree in BloomAlone in the silent upper hall, Mrs. Wilkins sees the flowering tree in the April sun.
The London Marriages
From London to the Ligurian Riviera
Castagneto and the Hill of San Salvatore
This edition
- Title
- The Enchanted April
- Author
- Elizabeth von Arnim
- First published
- 1922
- Illustrated plates
- 77 original artworks · 29 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 22 · about 78,437 words
- Reading time
- 5 h 14 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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