Elizabeth and Her German Garden

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Although the new year has come and gone, Elizabeth's guests show no sign of departing...

The new year comes and goes yet Elizabeth's guests show no sign of leaving. Semi-autobiographical novel read by Caroline Martin.

Elizabeth von Arnim's semi-autobiographical first novel, written as a series of diary entries, was published anonymously in 1898.
 
The central character, Elizabeth, is a wild spirit whose minor eccentricities bemuse the servants and shock the high-born neighbours of her husband's family estate in northern Germany. Rather than hating its remoteness and dilapidation, Elizabeth sees her sojourn there as an opportunity to create a beautiful garden in which she can spend time thinking about the world, playing with her beloved daughters and tolerating the occasional visitor.
 
 
Reader: Caroline Martin
Writer: Elizabeth von Arnim
Abridger: Sara Davies
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

Book at Bedtime: Elizabeth and Her German Garden

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Semi-autobiographical novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898.

Semi-autobiographical novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898, detailing the joys and frustrations of creating a garden on her husband's family estate in Germany.

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