WRITER

Elizabeth von Arnim

1866 - 1941

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Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth von Arnim has received more than 339,816 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Elizabeth von Arnim is the 2,333rd most popular writer (up from 2,871st in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 86th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Writer.

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Notable Works

The Enchanted April
British in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Female friendship
1922
Elizabeth and her German garden
Fiction, Germany in fiction, Gardening
1899
The Solitary Summer
Classic Literature, Fiction
From the book:May 2nd. - Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, "I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. Nobody shall be invited to stay with me, and if any one calls they will be told that I am out, or away, or sick. I shall spend the months in the garden, and on the plain, and in the forests. I shall watch the things that happen in my garden, and see where I have made mistakes. On wet days I will go into the thickest parts of the forests, where the pine needles are everlastingly dry, and when the sun shines I'll lie on the heath and see how the broom flares against the clouds. I shall be perpetually happy, because there will be no one to worry me. Out there on the plain there is silence, and where there is silence I have discovered there is peace."
1900
Christine
1917
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Accessible book, Fiction in English
1898
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
1905
The Enchanted April
British in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Female friendship
"A notice in The Times addressed to 'Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine' advertises a 'small medieval Italian Castle to be let for the month of April'. Four very different women take up the offer: Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, both fleeing unappreciative husbands; beautiful Lady Caroline, sick of being 'grabbed' by lovesick men; and the imperious, ageing Mrs Fisher. On the shores of the Mediterranean, beauty, warmth and leisure weave their spell, and nothing will ever be the same again." -- Provided by publisher.
1922
The Princess Priscilla's fortnight
Fiction, general, Prinzessin, Liebesbeziehung
1905
Vera
General, Fiction, general, Grief
Two bereaved people find each other and become entangled, one superficially and the other confusedly.
1921
The caravaners
Fiction, Germans, Travel
1909
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Fiction, Germany in fiction, Gardening
1898
The Solitary Summer
Classic Literature, Fiction, Germany, fiction
From the book:May 2nd. - Last night after dinner, when we were in the garden, I said, "I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. Nobody shall be invited to stay with me, and if any one calls they will be told that I am out, or away, or sick. I shall spend the months in the garden, and on the plain, and in the forests. I shall watch the things that happen in my garden, and see where I have made mistakes. On wet days I will go into the thickest parts of the forests, where the pine needles are everlastingly dry, and when the sun shines I'll lie on the heath and see how the broom flares against the clouds. I shall be perpetually happy, because there will be no one to worry me. Out there on the plain there is silence, and where there is silence I have discovered there is peace."
1899

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 2,333 out of 7,302. Before her are Marie Under, Ahron Daum, Richard Aldington, Albert Cossery, Kingsley Amis, and Mary Baker Eddy. After her are Niccolò de' Niccoli, Frederic W. H. Myers, Andrei Voznesensky, Tullia d'Aragona, Terence McKenna, and Kathy Reichs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 55. Before her are Ramon Casas, Paul Lincke, Wakatsuki Reijirō, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Jeppe Aakjær, and Lizzie Magie. After her are Nazikeda Kadın, Kazys Grinius, Johann Strauss III, Holger Nielsen, Roger Fry, and Władysław Podkowiński. Among people deceased in 1941, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 84. Before her are John Stanley Plaskett, Alexandros Koryzis, Arkady Gaidar, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Kurt Hensel, and Eugen Ritter von Schobert. After her are Eugène Boch, Simon Dubnow, Anton Reichenow, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Amy Johnson, and Nazikeda Kadın.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 73 out of 1,143. Before her are Colin Burgess (1946), Raymond Dart (1893), John Howard (1939), Peter Sculthorpe (1929), Bryan Brown (1947), and Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972). After her are Diane Cilento (1933), Howard Florey (1898), David Helfgott (1947), Toni Collette (1972), David Bruce (1855), and Ron Clarke (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Elizabeth von Arnim ranks 7. Before her are Colleen McCullough (1937), P. L. Travers (1899), James Clavell (1921), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Thomas Keneally (1935), and Annette Kellermann (1887). After her are Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), Banjo Paterson (1864), John Flanagan (1944), and Joan Lindsay (1896).

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