Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer
H.G. Wells, then later married
Earl Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher
Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin o…
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