# The Enchanted April — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/i.md): On a dreary February afternoon, Mrs. Wilkins, feeling invisible and trapped in her routine, spots an advertisement in The Times for a small medieval Italian castle to let for April. She dreams of escape but dismisses it 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/ii.md): Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, after meeting at a club, write to inquire about a medieval castle in Italy advertised in The Times. Mrs. Arbuthnot, a pious and charitable woman, struggles with her conscience over using 
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/iii.md): Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins interview Mrs. Fisher, who is absorbed in memories of famous Victorians and asks for references. Mrs. Wilkins' excitable talk of seeing Keats alarms Mrs. Fisher, but after a tense exchange
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/iv.md): Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins travel to San Salvatore, arriving on March 31st. The chapter details their anxious March: Mrs. Wilkins tells her husband Mellersh about the trip, leading to conflict; Mrs. Arbuthnot strugg
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/v.md): Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins arrive in Italy amid cloudy, rainy weather. Their train is four hours late, but Domenico, the gardener at San Salvatore, has arranged for Beppo's fly to meet them. After a chaotic journey 

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Scrap's Disillusionment and the Search for Anonymity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xxii.md)

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