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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20020428
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Elizabeth von Arnim was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1866 and was acknowledged during her lifetime as one of the wittiest women in England. Her connections were impressive: she was a cousin of Katherine Mansfield, mistress of H G Wells, and sister-in-law of Bertrand Russell. Elizabeth was a pseudonym - her maiden name was Mary Annette Beauchamp. In 1890 she married Count Henning von Arnim and went to live in Germany, where she wrote her first novel, `Elizabeth and Her German Garden'. Von Arnim died in 1910 and Elizabeth married the second Earl Russell in 1916, though it was not a happy ...

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