Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was a New Zealand-born British novelist. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell. Although known in her early life as Mary, "after the publication of her first book, she was known to her readers, eventually to her friends, and finally even to her family as Elizabeth."[1] and she is now invariably referred to as Elizabeth von Arnim. She also wrote under the pen name Alice Cholmondeley
In 1898 she started her literary career by publishing Elizabeth and Her German Garden, a semi-autobiographical novel published anonymously and, as it turned out to be highly successful. Von Arnim wrote another 20 books, which were all published "By the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden". Enchanted April was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated feature film, directed by Mike Newell, in 1992, and a Tony Award-nominated stage play by Matthew Barber, in 2003. Her book Mr. Skeffington was made into a movie starring Bette Davis and Claude Rains in 1944.
[edit] Select bibliographyElizabeth and Her German Garden (1898)
The Solitary Summer (1899)
April Baby's Book of Tunes (1900) (Illustrated by Kate Greenaway)
The Benefactress (1901)
The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen (1904)
Princess Priscilla's Fortnight (1905)
Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther (1907) (an epistolary novel; see also Fräulein)
The Caravaners (1909)
The Pastor's Wife (1914)
Christine (1917) (written under the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley)
Christopher and Columbus (1919)
In the Mountains (1920)
Vera (1921)
The Enchanted April (1922)
Love (1925)
Introduction to Sally (1926)
Expiation (1929)
Father (1931)
The Jasmine Farm (1934)
All the Dogs of My Life (autobiography, 1936)
Mr. Skeffington (1940)
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