![]() She unabashedly describes her pleasure in having the house to herself for months at a stretch, leaving the rest of her family in Berlin while she is (in theory) overseeing renovations but in fact spends all her time enjoying the overrun gardens, fields and forests. Contemporary books written from a point of privilege tend to annoy me, but I was willing to ignore Elizabeth's occasionally less-than-kind comments on the "servant class", since the book was, after all, written 125 years ago.Įlizabeth loves her garden, her privacy, her children, her friends, and her husband - in that order. ![]() It is an aristocratic life one of Elizabeth's greatest travails is finding a gardener who is both skilled and committed to her vision. The book recounts the joy Elizabeth found in her country estate, her efforts to develop a garden on the neglected grounds, and time spent with her family and visiting friends. ![]() This 1898 novelized memoir of a year in the life of a rather remarkable woman is a delight, a tonic for miserable days and bad moods. ![]()
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