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The Solitary Summer

Elizabeth von Arnim

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .How glad I am I need not hurry. What a waste of life, just getting and spending. Sitting by my pansy beds, with the slow clouds floating leisurely past, and all the clear day before me, I look on at the hot scramble for the pennies of existence and am lost in wonder at the vulgarity that pushes, and cringes, and tramples, untiring and unabashed. And when you have got your pennies, what then? They are only pennies, after all—unpleasant, battered copper things, without a gold piece among them, and never worth the degradation of self, and the hatred of those below you who have fewer, and the derision of those above you who have more. And as I perceive I am growing wise, and what is even worse, allegorical, and as these are tendencies to be fought against as long as possible, I'll go into the garden and play with the babies, who at this moment are sitting in a row on the buttercups, singing what appear to be selections from popular airs.

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- Dagio_maya - Mar 19, 2021

” 2 maggio. Ieri sera dopo cena, mentre eravamo in giardino, dissi: «Voglio restare da sola per l’intera estate, e giungere all’essenza della vita. Voglio impigrirmi quanto più possibile, perché la mia anima abbia il tempo e l’agio di crescere. Non inviterò nessuno, e se qualcuno verrà a trovarmi gl

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- JimZ - Oct 12, 2020

It was time for me to read another book by Elizabeth von Arnim. When I originally started reading her, I fell head over heels in love. Well so to speak. After reading now 13 (!) of her works I am a big fan although my ardor has cooled a bit. I vacillated between 3 and 4 stars for this but what the h

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- Beth - Jul 30, 2019

”What a blessing it is to love books. Everybody must love something, and I know of no objects of love that give such unfailing returns as books and a garden.”

I suspect that most readers will come to this having read (and enjoyed) Elizabeth and her German Garden, its predecessor. The book picks up wh

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- Emilio - Oct 15, 2019

Solitudine come piacere
Una gradevole lettura, in particolare per chi ama la natura e sa assaporare la solitudine.
Il testo può essere considerato la continuazione di "Il giardino di Elizabeth" , ma consente anche una fruizione autonoma.
Qui la vicenda si dispiega fra maggio e settembre : è intenzione

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- Kelly - Feb 05, 2017

Doesn't quite reach the heights of Elizabeth and Her German Garden, but there are so many passages that just sing so joyously, and others that might have been lifted from Austen- others that are horribly dated, some terribly modern, or grasping their way towards being so.

My thoughts on this book and

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