The Enchanted April

First published in 1922, this novel follows four English women who, weary of wet weather and dull or difficult marriages, answer an advertisement and share the rent of a medieval castle for a month at Portofino. Lotty Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot begin the scheme; the formidable Mrs Fisher and the beautiful Lady Caroline Dester complete the party. Italian spring, terraces, and wisteria alter how each woman sees the others and the men who eventually follow. The book is a comedy of manners about a holiday that rearranges private lives, not a guidebook and not a mystery.

Bound in pale blue-grey cloth with a design in black and gold. Dark green slipcase.