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The Solitary Summer (Virago Modern Classics)
by: Elizabeth Von Arnim

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781844082964
ISBN: 1844082962
Label: Virago Press Ltd
Manufacturer: Virago Press Ltd
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: February 02, 2006
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Studio: Virago Press Ltd
Sales Rank: 164062

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Funny, bitter-sweet memoir of a Victorian novelist
Elizabeth von Arnim lived an uncoventional life. Despite being a member of German aristocracy through marriage, she rejected the frivolous life-style of her class and found refuge in books and nature.

The Solitary Summer is the very funny and life-affirming account of a year at her summer residence. She writes of her children, of her attempts at gardening and the rigours of running her household. A theme throughout is her longing to throw down her responsibilities and escape to the countryside or to her library.

Von Arnim was a feminist but one who recognised that wit was perhaps the best weapon in puncturing the chauvanism and narrow-mindedness of her age. Her voice rings out as caustic, playful and beguiling ... Read More:

 



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