# Mr. Ferdinand Arundel — The Enchanted April character guide

> Mr. Ferdinand Arundel in The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ferdinand Arundel, Mr. Arundel, Arundel, Ferdinand

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Snapshot

A charming, chronically late Englishman whose borrowed name and easy manners conceal a married man chasing Lady Caroline across Italy.

## Who they are

Everyone in London knows him as Arundel, and he has written under the name so long he almost believes it is his own; he arrives at San Salvatore expressly to see Lady Caroline, only to find himself swept back into the arms of a woman he had forgotten. His fatal gift is arriving everywhere too late and wanting whatever is in front of him at the moment. He matters because his presence turns the villa's serene air into something charged, forcing the women to reckon with love as a force that can be both enchanting and careless.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xix)

Arrives unexpectedly at San Salvatore, having followed Scrap from London with her mother's address; Scrap uses him as a buffer against Briggs.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_enchanted_april_se/chapters/xx)

Invents amusing stories about Lady Droitwich to entertain Scrap.

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