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Everard Wemyss is mourning the recent loss of his wife, and he and Lucy are drawn together in their shared experience of grief. A remarkable bond forms between the despairing couple, the thought of separation proves intolerable, and they are quickly married and settled into Everard's isolated country home, The Willows. But everything about the mansion is shadowed with the specter of Vera, its previous mistress. As Everard gradually becomes increasingly overbearing and abusive, Lucy begins to wonder about the circumstances of Vera's accidental death. \u003cbr\u003eThis darkly comic novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eEnchanted April\u003c\/i\u003e is believed to have inspired the Daphne du Maurier classic \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e. Elizabeth von Arnim based \u003ci\u003eVera\u003c\/i\u003e on her own ill-starred marriage to a member of the British aristocracy. Her 1921 novel offers a witty and compelling look at a sinister possibility of a marriage in which a self-absorbed bully can exploit a na ve young woman, and romantic delusions can keep a wife in thrall to her husband's tyranny.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50256050880785,"sku":"CIN0671883917G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50323810287889,"sku":"CIN0671883917A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0671883917.jpg?v=1751137038"},{"product_id":"elizabeth-and-her-german-garden-new-edition-book-elizabeth-von-armin-9781594627392","title":"Elizabeth and Her German Garden (New Edition)","description":"May 16th.-The garden is the place I go to for refuge and shelter, not the house. In the house are duties and annoyances, servants to exhort and admonish, furniture, and meals; but out there blessings crowd round me at every step-it is there that I am sorry for the unkindness in me, for those selfish thoughts that are so much worse than they feel; it is there that all my sins and silliness are forgiven, there that I feel protected and at home, and every flower and weed is a friend and every tree a lover. -from Elizabeth and Her German Garden First published anonymously in 1898, this beautiful chronicle of languid days spent in a rejuvenating Italian garden was a tremendous bestseller at the turn of the century, its cheerful satire and fresh charm endearing it to millions of readers. The first work of its author, the Countess Elizabeth von Arnim, it would form the basis of her extraordinary popularity as one of the most admired literary figures in Europe and one of the three finest wits of her day. 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It begins one cold, rainy February afternoon soon after the end of World War I when Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins come across an advertisement for a villa in Italy to rent for the month of April. Mrs. Arbuthnot, with the face of a patient and disappointed Madonna, and Mrs. Wilkins, her clothes infested by thrift, barely know each other, yet the fantasy of a wisteria-covered Italian villa sparks something in each and brings them together. They raid their meager nest eggs, find two more women - the formidable Mrs. Fisher and the unspeakably lovely but bored Lady Caroline Dester - to help defray costs, and set off for their dream of sunshine and beauty. At San Salvatore, remarkable changes occur. Mrs. Wilkins becomes Lotty - intuitive, sensual, self-confident; Mrs. Arbuthnot loses her religious self-righteousness. Lady Caroline finds herself with that really rather disgusting suspicion that her life till now had not only been loud but empty, while Mrs. Fisher starts to feel a very odd and exciting sensation of going to come out all over buds. Elizabeth von Armin portrays these transformations in wickedly dry British humor interwoven with descriptions of the lush, soul-stirring terrain of San Salvatore. The effect is refreshing, charming, and romantic.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51039768051985,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039771230481,"sku":"NIN9781603863278","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1603863273.jpg?v=1750720131"},{"product_id":"mr-skeffington-rare-book-elizabeth-von-armin-1738307728ada","title":"Mr Skeffington","description":"\u003cp\u003e1940. First Edition. 306 pages. No dust jacket. 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