Not such a happy one, and the pair soon separated. In 1916, sheīecame the third wife of the second Earl Russell, but this marriage was Widow continued to live in England, France and Switzerland. However, they were forced by debt to move to England, with their fourĭaughters and one son and, two years after that, the Count died. Wrath', the marriage appears to have been a very happy one. 'Elizabeth and her German Garden' (1898), which was publishedĪlthough the Count appears in the book as 'The Man of The couple lived for five years in Berlin, then moved to Nassenheide, Prussian landowner fifteen years her senior, whom she had met in Italy. Her family, married, in London, Count Henning August von Arnim, a Her father'sīrother was the grandfather of Katherine Mansfield (nee Beauchamp), the Henry Herron Beauchamp and Elizabeth Weiss Lassetter. 9, 1941Īnnette Beauchamp was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the daughter of MargaretĬhurchyard, Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, England (From I include his illustrations with the textįind a Grave site, with their image, of Elizabeth's grave stoneĪbove her brother Sydney's. In 1906, an edition of Elizabeth and her German Garden illustrated with water colors by Simon Harmon Vedder was published. Kate Greenaway's illustration of April, May and JuneĪpril Baby's book of Tunes: with the story of how

They came to be written is also at the Internet Archive: ( April Baby's book of Tunes: with the story of how In 1900 a fully illustrated, or perhaps illuminated would be a moreĪccurate term, edition of Elizabeth and Her German Garden was issued.Įach page was decorated as if it were an actual diary or journal,Īs if it were covered in doodles by Elizabeth herself. Many years her junior, and abandoned and later divorced an abusive That allowed Elizabeth to live a life very free of society's rules.Įlizabeth built her own home in Switzerland, bought a Chateau inįrance, traveled freely, had lovers including at least one lover who was Ironically, it was the writing of the book, and the subsequent books, Read, think, philosophize, and to imagine how she would behave if

Often escapes from her life as an aristocratic woman into her garden, to The book has been cited as a feminist novel because the character The books were published anonymously, and it was popular in theīeginning for people to speculate who could have written it. The companion book, published a year later, in They always had the text 'By the author of Elizabeth and her German The book was so popular, reprinted many times in theįirst year of publication, that while some of her 20 otherīooks were published under her pseudonym of Alice Cholmondeley, Her unusual views on life, society, and her friends. Is ostensibly the diary of a woman who is creating a garden, but Was Elizabeth von Arnim's most popular book, and it is Elizabeth and her German Garden published in 1898,

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