The Caravaners - by Elizabeth Von Arnim (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b><i>The Caravaners</i> (1909) is a devastating comedy about an Edwardian caravan holiday in Kent, narrated by the pompous and self-important Baron, a Prussian Major in the German army.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A devastating and hilarious comedy about an Edwardian caravan holiday in Kent</strong></p> <p>In the early years of the twentieth century, Baron Otto von Ottringel, a pompous and self-important major in the German army, is about to take a holiday abroad with his long-suffering second wife. His narrative of pained bewilderment at the bizarre behavior of the English people with whom he has chosen to spend a month in a convoy of horse-drawn holiday caravans is side-splittingly funny. We sympathize deeply with the lady whom he pursues in a platonic and very one-sided holiday affair, and even more with Baroness Edelgard, who discovers her own holiday freedoms, and becomes newly emancipated in her marriage, to the Baron's horror. </p> <p>Reflecting frustration with and exasperated affection for German aristocratic society, <em>The Caravaners </em>reveals the lost world of European social networks and crusted assumptions that disappeared forever with the First World War.</p>
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