The Enchanted April: A Quick Read edition

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This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.
- Reading time of the complete text: about 7 hours
- Reading time of the summarized text: 16 minutes

The Enchanted April is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, published in 1922, which follows four women from 1920s England who leave their unhappy marriages to go on holiday in Italy. The women are Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mrs. Wilkins, Lady Caroline Dester, and Mrs. Fisher. They find common ground in their desire to escape their rainy, grey environments and take on the expenses of renting a small medieval castle on the Mediterranean for the month of April. The novel explores their interpersonal tensions and eventual coming together at the castle, where they find rejuvenation in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings and rediscover hope and love. The Enchanted April has been adapted for the stage and screen multiple times, including as a Broadway play in 1925, a 1935 American feature film, and an Academy Award-nominated feature film in 1991.