Elizabeth von Arnim

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Elizabeth von Arnim (born August 31, 1866 in Kirribilli Point near Sydney , New South Wales , Australia ; † February 9, 1941 in Charleston , South Carolina ; née Mary Annette Beauchamp , married. [1st marriage] Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin , married [2nd marriage] Countess Russell ) was a British writer .

Life

Beauchamp came to the UK with her family at the age of four . On a trip through Italy with her father, she met the German Count Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin in Florence in 1889 .

Beauchamp and Arnim-Schlagenthin married in London on February 21, 1891 . They had four daughters and a son. Through this marriage, Elizabeth became a German citizen like her children. After a short honeymoon, the couple settled in Berlin .

On December 8th of the same year the daughter Eva Sophie Luise Anna Felicitas (called Evi) was born in Berlin. The second daughter, Elisabeth Irene (called Liebet), followed on February 15, 1893. On April 3, 1894, the third daughter, Beatrix Edith (called Trix) followed.

Nassenheide manor around 1860

Two years later the family settled on Gut Nassenheide in Pomerania . Here Elizabeth von Arnim u. a. the writers Hugh Walpole and Edward Morgan Forster . Von Arnim dealt with her first years on the estate in her novel Elisabeth and her garden , with which she made her debut in 1898. The family spent the summer months of 1897 and 1898 on Rügen on the Baltic Sea .

In 1898 von Arnim published her first novel anonymously. Encouraged by the success of the novel, all other works appeared under the pseudonym of the author Elisabeth and her garden and later under Elizabeth . From this time on she also preferred this name privately. On July 29, 1899, the fourth daughter Felicitas Joyce (called Queekie) was born in London. In September of the same year Count Henning August was temporarily arrested on false accusations.

The summer of 1901 was again spent on Rügen. Elizabeth von Arnim used this trip to Rügen for research on her next novel. On October 27, 1902, their son Henning Bernd (called H. B.) was born in London .

In August 1907 von Arnim traveled through southern England with horses and a covered wagon for several weeks. She later processed these experiences again into a novel. During this trip she visited Herbert George Wells and his family in Sandgate near Folkestone .

In early 1908 the family ran into financial difficulties. The Nassenheide estate had to be sold. The couple separated in April of the same year. Elizabeth von Arnim returned to Great Britain with her five children. Count Henning August died on August 20, 1910 while taking a cure in Bad Kissingen .

In the same year Elizabeth von Arnim became the mistress of Herbert George Wells. The next year she lived in Wallis in Randogne the Chalet Soleil . From October 1912 she lived alternately in the Swiss mountains and in Great Britain. Her cousin Katherine Mansfield also tried to cure her tuberculosis near her. Until her death on January 9, 1923, the cousins ​​often lived together.

At the end of 1913, Elizabeth and Arnim von Wells separated after falling in love with Frank Russell . As Viscount Amberley, Russell was the prime minister's grandson and brother of mathematician Bertrand Russell . When the First World War broke out, Elizabeth von Arnim successfully sought to regain British citizenship.

On February 11, 1916, she married Russell in London immediately after his divorce. With this marriage, the German Countess Arnim became Countess Russell. At the age of 16, her youngest daughter Felicitas died on June 3, 1916 in Bremen. In October of the same year, Elizabeth Russell escaped from their marriage. She traveled to see her daughters, who had been in the United States since the beginning of the World War.

The following year she returned to Britain and tried to save her marriage to Russell. This attempt failed and she finally separated from Russell in March 1919. The escape from marriage caused a scandal in London society that Elizabeth's reputation did not survive unscathed. Despite a subsequent bitter legal dispute, the couple did not divorce.

In 1920 the Countess met Alexander Stuart Frere , who was thirty years her junior , and fell in love with him. After a stormy affair, this relationship turned into a lifelong friendship. The Countess spent the spring and summer of 1921 on the Italian Riviera doing research for another novel.

From the spring of the following year, Elizabeth Countess Russell was looking for a representative house or a building site in a suitable location on the Côte d'Azur . Her Villa Mas des Roses was completed in October 1930 and she moved to the south of France.

Frank Russell died on March 3, 1931. She emigrated to the USA in May 1939 . There she only lived in hotels and toured the American continent.

Elizabeth von Arnim (Countess Elizabeth Russell) died in Charleston, South Carolina at the age of 74. In autumn 1945 the urn with the remains was transferred to England and buried in the Penn / Tylers Green cemetery.

Works

  • 1898 (Elizabeth and her German Garden) - Elisabeth and her garden. Novel. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-458-34038-6 .
  • 1899 (The Solitary Summer) - Lonely summer. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-458-34075-0 .
  • 1899 (The Solitary Summer) - Summer without guests. Novel. Ullstein, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-548-60644-X .
  • 1900 (The April Baby's Book of Tunes) - April, May and June. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-458-33422-X .
  • 1901 (The pious pilgrimage) - Garden of Childhood. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-458-34061-0 .
  • 1901 (The Benefactress) - Anna Estcourt. Novel. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-548-30377-3 .
  • 1904 (The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen) - Elizabeth on Rügen. a travel novel. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-548-30228-9 .
  • 1905 (The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight) - Priscilla on the road. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-458-16742-0 .
  • 1907 (Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther) - Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther. Letters from an independent woman. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-548-30314-5 .
  • 1909 (The Caravaners) - The travel company. Novel. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-458-33463-7 .
  • 1914 (The Pastors Wife) - engagement in Lucerne. Novel. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-458-33665-6 .
  • 1914 (The Pastors Wife) - The Prussian marriage. Novel. Econ Ullstein List, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-548-60250-9 .
  • 1917 (Christine) - Christine. Novel. Diana-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-453-87369-6 .
  • 1919 (Christopher and Columbus) - To a distant land. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-458-33627-3 .
  • 1920 (In the Mountains) - Diary of a Summer. Novel. Ullstein, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-550-06758-5 .
  • 1920 (In the Mountains) - A chalet in the mountains. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-458-33814-4 .
  • 1921 (Vera) - Vera. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-458-33994-9 .
  • 1922 (The Enchanted April) - Enchanted April . Novel. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-458-34046-7 .
  • 1925 (Love) - love. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-458-33291-X .
  • 1926 (Introduction to Sally) - Sally's luck. Novel. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-458-33464-5 .
  • 1929 (Expiation) - The Sisters' Secret. Novel. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-548-30375-7 .
  • 1931 (Father) - father. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-458-33244-8 .
  • 1934 (The Jasmine Farm) - Jasminhof. Novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-458-33992-2 .
  • 1936 (All the Dogs of my Life) - All the dogs of my life. S. Fischer 1937. Fischer TB, Frankfurt am Main 1953, 1984, ISBN 3-596-28082-6 .
  • 1939 (Mr. Skeffington) - The Seven Mirrors of Lady Frances. Novel. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-548-30292-0 .

Film adaptations

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literature

  • Vera Alexander: Elizabeth's "German-English" garden - border area and social criticism around 1900. Ed. By Adam Paulsen and Anna Sandberg. In: Nature and Modernity around 1900: Spaces - Representations - Media. Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3837622621 .
  • Marianne Flassbeck: juggler of literature, Elisabeth von Arnim and female humor. Elizabeth von Arnim and feminine humor. Göttert, Rüsselsheim 2002, ISBN 3-922499-61-9 (dissertation University of Munich 2001, 285 pages).
  • Kirsten Jüngling, Brigitte Roßbeck: Elizabeth von Arnim. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-458-33540-4 .
  • Karen Usborne: Elizabeth von Arnim, a biography (original title: Elizabeth: the Life of Elizabeth von Arnim , translated by Klaus Modick ). Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-89561-600-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Arnim, Elizabeth of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beauchamp, Mary Annette; Cholmondeley, Alice; Russell, Mary Annette Beauchamp Countess
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirribilli Point, New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1941
Place of death Charleston, South Carolina