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Name: The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen

Author: Elizabeth von Arnim
Year: 1904
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Travel, Classic, Fiction

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ISBNs:
9781853812231
9781556857270
1853812234
1556857276

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 Rugen 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.

This book is part of the "Elizabeth" series. Here are some other books from this series:

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First published in 1899
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"Elizabeth and Her German Garden"
First published in 1898
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