Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Ordeal of Elizabeth. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Elizabeth Von Arnim, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have The Ordeal of Elizabeth in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Ordeal of Elizabeth:Look inside the book: She looked at the breakfast-table, at the quaint, old-fashioned shapes of the glistening silver and the Dutch willow-ware which had been in the family since time immemorial; she thought with affection even of the old horsehair furniture, which must surely be preferable to such improvements as Malvina might suggest, and she pictured the bar-keeper's daughter entertaining her friends in the room where Madam Van Vorst had received with old-world stateliness the visits of the Neighborhood. ...This proved by no means the only commission with which Elizabeth was burdened when she started, half an hour later; for Miss Joanna had had time to remember several other things she wanted from the store, to say nothing of the beef-tea for the Rector's wife, and numerous messages of advice and sympathy, which the girl was earnestly charged not to forget. Miss Cornelia had no commissions, and merely asked Elizabeth to remember, when she came home, every one whom she had seen, to inquire of the Johnstons, if she met them, how their grandmother was, and to notice, if she saw the Van Antwerps, if they had their new carriage, and what Mrs. About Elizabeth Von Arnim, the Author: Although known in her early life as Mary, 'after the publication of her first book, she was known to her readers, eventually to her friends, and finally even to her family as Elizabeth.' and she is now invariably referred to as Elizabeth von Arnim. ...Her 1922 novel, The Enchanted April, has been adapted five times: as a Broadway play in 1925; an unsuccessful feature film by RKO in 1935; an Academy Award-nominated feature film by Miramax in 1992; a Tony Award-nominated stage play in 2003; and a musical play in 2010.
| ISBN: | 9781486447268 |
| Publication date: | 18th March 2013 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| Publisher: | Emereo Publishing |
| Format: | Digital Product (Other) |