The Australian-born English novelist Elizabeth von Arnim published seventeen widely read and critically acclaimed novels between 1901 and her death in 1941. The republication since 1983 of many of her works by the feminist Virago Press and the release...

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...

Bettine von Arnim and Gisela von Arnim Grimm. The Life of High Countess Gritta Von Ratsinourhouse. Trans. and intr. Lisa Ohm. European Women Writers Series. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. xxxv + 152 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $15.00 (paper). ...

UNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS: SEVEN PORTRAITS OF MARRIED LIFE IN LONDON LITERARY CIRCLES, 1910–1939By Katie Roiphe The Dial Press, $26, 344 pages Within a certain social circle—O.K., mine—mention of the name Katie Roiphe inspires exasperated eye rolls, forehead slaps, even hisses. Ms. Roiphe is the author,...