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Elizabeth von Arnim


Born
in Kirribilli Point, Australia
August 31, 1866

Died
February 09, 1941

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Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H.G. Wells, then later married Earl Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arni ...more

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“What a blessing it is to love books.”
Elizabeth von Arnim, The Solitary Summer

“But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.”
Elizabeth von Arnim, In the Mountains

“Beauty made you love, and love made you beautiful.”
Elizabeth von Arnim, The Enchanted April

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  54 votes, 17.1%

 
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  8 votes, 2.5%

 
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