The Enchanted April (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Enchanted April (version 2), credited to Elizabeth von Arnim, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Enchanted April (version 2) by Elizabeth von Arnim. Read in English by Helen Taylor Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holiday in a medieval castle. They are brought there by the promise of the advertised 'wisteria and sunshine', but they find so much more than they bargained for, as the place transforms them and changes their lives in ways they could never have expected. The novel is dominated by four wonderfully drawn characters: timid Lotty Wilkins, terrified of her domineering husband; sober and religious Rose Arbuthnot; rigid and judgemental Mrs Fisher; and the breathtakingly beautiful but disillusioned and unhappy Lady Caroline Dester. Von Arnim's story of their transformation under the Italian sun is warm, witty, intelligent, and as enchanting as the title suggests. - Summary by Helen Taylor

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Enchanted April (version 2)
• Author credits: Elizabeth von Arnim
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 8:37:29

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• romance
• Italy

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 33:02
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 17:22
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 22:21
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 13:20
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 21:41
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 29:18
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 17:21
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 32:09
9. 09 - Chapter 9 — 23:02
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 20:40
11. 11 - Chapter 11 — 19:18
12. 12 - Chapter 12 — 29:58
13. 13 - Chapter 13 — 36:06
14. 14 - Chapter 14 — 24:29
15. 15 - Chapter 15 — 25:15
16. 16 - Chapter 16 — 25:55
17. 17 - Chapter 17 — 19:48
18. 18 - Chapter 18 — 21:47
19. 19 - Chapter 19 — 24:27
20. 20 - Chapter 20 — 12:51
21. 21 - Chapter 21 — 21:43
22. 22 - Chapter 22 — 25:36

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