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Elizabeth von Arnim

Born

in Kirribilli Point, Australia

August 31, 1866

Died

February 09, 1941

Website

https://elizabethvonarnimsociety.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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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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Average rating: 3.85 · 67,156 ratings · 11,223 reviews · 244 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Enchanted April 3.86 avg rating — 47,046 ratings — published 1922 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth Jane Howard (Introduction) 3.71 avg rating — 6,094 ratings — published 1898 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vera 3.94 avg rating — 4,150 ratings — published 1921 — 254 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Solitary Summer 3.86 avg rating — 1,210 ratings — published 1899 — 265 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love by Elizabeth von Arnim, Terence de Vere Write (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 1925 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Expiación by Elizabeth von Arnim, Raquel G. Rojas (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 1929 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father 4.08 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 1931 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Skeffington 3.91 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 1940 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Dogs of My Life 3.79 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 1936 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pastor's Wife 3.86 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 1914 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Elizabeth von Arnim (?)

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

tags: book-lovers, reading

211 likes

“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

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

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March 2017 New School Classic Poll

Beloved by Toni Morrison, 1987, 324 pgs

58 votes, 18.2%

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 1994, 307 pgs

50 votes, 15.7%

My Ántonia by Willa Cather, 1918, 232 pgs

41 votes, 12.9%

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, 1989, 288 pgs

35 votes, 11.0%

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, 1953, 143 pgs

24 votes, 7.5%

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1915, 195 pgs

21 votes, 6.6%

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 1931, 418 pgs

20 votes, 6.3%

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 1940, 368 pgs

19 votes, 6.0%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 1939, 231 pgs

18 votes, 5.7%

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, 1922, 232 pgs

17 votes, 5.3%

Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, 1904, 336 pgs

12 votes, 3.8%

The Bone People by Keri Hulme, 1984, 450 pgs

3 votes, 0.9%

318 total votes

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