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Elizabeth von Arnim

The Enchanted AprilElizabeth Von Arnim The Enchanted April Chapter 1 It began in a Woman's Club in London on a February afternoon—an uncomfortable club, and a miserable afternoon—when Mrs. Wilkins, who had come down from Hampstead to shop and had lunched at her club, took up The Times from the ta...

Elizabeth and Her German GardenElizabeth Von Arnim Elizabeth and Her German Garden INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITION Originally published in 1898, “Elizabeth and her German Garden” is the first book by Marie Annette Beauchamp—known all her life as “Elizabeth”. The book, anonymously pu...

ChristineElizabeth Von Arnim Christine My daughter Christine, who wrote me these letters, died at a hospital in Stuttgart on the morning of August 8th, 1914, of acute double pneumonia. I have kept the letters private for nearly three years, because, apart from the love in them that made them sacr...

The Princess Priscilla's FortnightElizabeth Von Arnim The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight "Oft habe ich die Welt durchwandert, und habe immer gesehen, wie das Grosse am Kleinlichen scheitert, und das Edle von dem ätzenden Gift des Alltäglichen zerfressen wird." FRITZING, "Erlebtes und Erlittenes."...

The Solitary SummerElizabeth Von Arnim The Solitary Summer May 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 inv...