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This travel story is shot through with the Elizabeth von Arnim's special self-deprecating wit and character sketches. In 1901, the "real" Elizabeth holidayed on the Baltic island of Rügen with just her maid, a coachman, a carriage piled with luggage, and a woman friend. But from such unpromising beginnings Elizabeth weaves a captivating farrago round her encounters. There's the bishop's wife and her personable son, a dressmaker and, astonishingly, a long-lost cousin who is trying to evade the pursuit of her professor husband. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's friend goes on knitting, and knitting, and knitting, in a travel story of great charm, wit, and perception.
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The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen, Elizabeth von Arnim
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- Released
- 1990
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- Title
- The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elizabeth von Arnim
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1853812234
- ISBN13
- 9781853812231
- Series
- Elizabeth
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Women, Classics, Germany, British Literature, Journey, Seas and Oceans
- Original title
- The adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- This travel story is shot through with the Elizabeth von Arnim's special self-deprecating wit and character sketches. In 1901, the "real" Elizabeth holidayed on the Baltic island of Rügen with just her maid, a coachman, a carriage piled with luggage, and a woman friend. But from such unpromising beginnings Elizabeth weaves a captivating farrago round her encounters. There's the bishop's wife and her personable son, a dressmaker and, astonishingly, a long-lost cousin who is trying to evade the pursuit of her professor husband. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's friend goes on knitting, and knitting, and knitting, in a travel story of great charm, wit, and perception.