Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther

· Naxos of America, Inc. · Narrated by Lucy Scott
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9 hr 12 min
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Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther is a novella written by Elizabeth von Arnim, a British-German author known for her witty and insightful novels. Published in 1907, the story revolves around the correspondence between two main characters, Fräulein Rose- Marie Schmidt, a spinster in her late 30s, and Mr Henry Anstruther, a kind and sympathetic stranger, as they navigate their lives and explore their feelings for each other. Through the medium of letters, von Arnim captures their vulnerability and longing, providing a poignant reflection on the nature of love, loneliness and the power of written communication.

About the author

Lucy Scott trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has toured the UK performing in works by Alan Ayckbourn, Jane Austen, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan, Simon Gray, JB Priestley and Shakespeare, as well as new and original plays. Television appearances include Tom Brown’s Schooldays, Rosemary and Thyme, Spooks, Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes, Hearts and Bones, Micky Love and Pride and Prejudice. She works as a dramaturg and actor for the children’s theatre company Scene and Heard and has signed and performed for Deafinitely Theatre. She has recorded many audiobooks, including, for Naxos AudioBooks, Balzac’s Cousin Bette, Collins’s The Law and the Lady, Fontane’s Effi Briest and many titles by Elizabeth von Arnim.

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