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Vera | Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Grfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell. 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. She also wrote under the pen name Alice Cholmondeley (font: Wikipedia)
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Vera | Elizabeth Von Arnim, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Von Armin
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When the doctor had gone, and the two women from the village he had been waiting for were upstairs shut in with her dead father, Lucy went out into the garden and stood leaning on the gate staring at the sea.

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Vera | Elizabeth Von Arnim
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My current read (another Elizabeth von Arnim) is a 1921 novel which anticipates the plot of Du Maurier‘s masterpiece, Rebecca.

Young Lucy Entwhistle is on holiday in Cornwall with her beloved father when he suddenly dies. Enter Mr. Wemyss; a man whose wife, Vera, has recently and mysteriously died. They immediately fall in love and it isn‘t until after they marry that Lucy begins to worry: what really happened to Vera?

Vansa This sounds fascinating. 2y
Cathythoughts Sounds great ! Stacked. 2y
LeahBergen @Vansa I‘m liking it so far! 2y
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LeahBergen @Cathythoughts So far, so good! 👍 2y
batsy Nice! I want to read this, too. And that cover is just the best! 2y
tpixie Wow! Similar plot! 2y
ShelleyBooksie Love the cover. 2y
Tamra Perfect cover! 2y
LeahBergen @batsy @ShelleyBooksie @Tamra These Vintage von Arnim covers are all really pretty. 👍 2y
LeahBergen @tpixie Exactly! I‘m interested to see how close the storylines end up being. 2y
tpixie @LeahBergen 😊⭐️😊 2y
quietjenn I have some version of this on my Kindle, *but* that cover is fantastic and might sway me to get a paper copy. 2y
willaful @quietjenn The cover of my Virago Modern Classics edition has always been one of my favorites. https://hachette.imgix.net/books/9780349005218.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=440 2y
quietjenn @willaful it's lovely 🙂 2y
LeahBergen @quietjenn I always think a nice cover makes the book read better. 😆 2y
LeahBergen @willaful Yes! I‘ve always loved that Virago cover, too! 2y
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Vera | Elizabeth Von Arnim
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A haunting story of what would now be termed as ‘coercive control‘. As Lucy mourns the death of her beloved father, she meets Wemyss, a man who seems to have all the answers; even the revelation that Wemyss‘ first wife, Vera, died only three months before in less than certain circumstances, can stop their engagement. When he takes his new bride home to The Willows, she begins to see a new side to him.

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veritysalter
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LeahBergen I have this edition, too. Love it! 5y
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Pageturner.Cliffhanger
Vera | Elizabeth Von Arnim
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What starts as a comedy of manners accelerates at the midpoint into a gripping psychological-noir.

Written in 1921 Elizabeth Von Arnim‘s marital-chiller Vera predates Daphne Du Maurier‘s Rebecca by 16 years and makes for a fascinating comparison.

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Ingerella Hi and Welcome to Litsy! 7y
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CarolynM I love Enchanted April and Elizabeth and her German Garden, but I don't know this one. Stacked 7y
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Pageturner.Cliffhanger @Ingerella Hello! Thank you very much for the welcome! 7y
Pageturner.Cliffhanger @CarolynM I also loved The Enchanted April, but haven‘t read Elizabeth & Her German Garden yet. There‘s a nice new Vintage Classics cover for it though! 7y
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RaimeyGallant Hope you find it all helpful. :) 7y
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Vera | Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Wow, reading this book actually made me angry, but I couldn‘t put it down. What starts out as a dark-ish love story actually looks a lot like abuse by the end. And the ending—why can‘t I know just a bit more?!? I‘ve heard this was the inspiration for du Maurier‘s Rebecca and I could see some similarities for sure. Intense read!

Pageturner.Cliffhanger Just finished it! I‘m afraid the future does not look bright for Lucy...! 7y
HotCocoaReads @Pageturner.Cliffhanger Agreed! Poor thing 7y
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