Elizabeth and Her German Garden
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Elizabeth von Arnim, who is best known for her later novel The Enchanted April, married a Prussian aristocrat and, with their five children, lived in Nassenheide, Pomerania. Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel about the joy that the protagonist finds in the delights of her Pomeranian garden, which provides relief from the stifling environment of her household. The novel was originally published anonymously because von Arnim feared that her husband, whom she satirised in the book, would disapprove.
Each season of the year is wittily recorded, bringing new events and visitors, conveyed through von ArnimтАЩs idiosyncratic perspective, while the тАШkingdom of heavenтАЩ of the garden provides a calm place where the author finds solace.
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Lucy Scott trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her stage credits include Emma (Tricycle Theatre), Search and Destroy (New End Theatre) and Mansfield Park (Chichester Festival). Her television credits include Pride and Prejudice (BBC), Rosemary and Thyme (ITV) and Spooks (BBC). She also appeared in the film Tom BrownтАЩs Schooldays with Stephen Fry. She has read many titles for Naxos AudioBooks, including BalzacтАЩs Cousin Bette, EliotтАЩs Romola, FontaneтАЩs Effi Briest and RichardsonтАЩs Clarissa.
