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April is a Fine Time for Tea

April is a Fine Time for Tea

Predictions re: The Enchanted April, Week3

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Gretchen Anthony
Apr 18, 2025
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It’s tea time…

Week three of The Enchanted April has me wondering:

  • Why did Mrs. Wilkins, a woman so eager to escape her dreary life, invite her husband to join her after only a few days away?

  • Is Mrs. Arbuthnot in the throes of a nineteenth-century midlife crisis?

  • Who was the “love” Lady Caroline lost in the war, and is her holiday a chance to grieve her loss?

  • And why does a woman as wealthy as Mrs. Fisher get her underthings in such a bundle over every shilling spent?

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