Love, Longing, and Loneliness

From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Beneath the comedy, the novel is a serious meditation on women's loneliness within marriage and the longing for love and beauty.
Chapter 8

Rose alone in the garden, achingly aware that beauty without someone to share it is incomplete — sets up Frederick's arrival.

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Chapter 11

Lady Caroline realizing she has never been loved for herself, only grabbed at.

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