An Enchanted April ****
By: Paulanne Simmons November 8, 2019: The Enchanted April, British writer Elizabeth von Arnim's novel inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, was a best seller in 1923. Set in a 15th century castle, the novel focuses on four women who, sometime in the 1920s, get out of their ruts and leave the rain in England for the sunny Mediterranean.