Little Eve Edgarton
by Eleanor abbott · 2015
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Description
Little Eve Edgarton is a longish novella of dear Elizabeth von Arnim who also wrote, among many other wonderful things, The Enchanted April. This particular story, set in the early 20th century, begins in a very nice hotel with a sort of snobby young yuppie gentleman having drinks in the hotel bar with an older fellow who berates the younger for chasing after beautiful bimboes that he admits do become boring very quickly. The older fellow encourages him to give the plain, ordinary and somewhat older girls a chance because they are vastly more interesting and accomplished and so don't get boring. They argue. The next thing the young bimbo-chaser knows he as agreed to go on a horseback riding date with the older gentleman's daughter, who, you guessed it, is older, plain and intelligent. What happens next is for you to discover when you read this yourself. It's a nice little story with all the charming prose one expects from von Arnim and wonderful little surprises. Honestly, the girl could execute plot line twists like no one else. Very enjoyable, not silly or sappy