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Elizabeth von Arnim was born in 1866 in Sydney, Australia, and brought up in England. She lived much of her life in Switzerland, entertaining guests such as H.G. Wells (with whom she had an affair) and her cousin, Katherine Mansfield. She died in 1941.Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony
Lisa St Aubin de Teran
[von Arnim] was keenly aware of the powerlessness of an intelligent woman in a male-dominated world
Kate Saunders
A particular kind of witty and well constructed fiction, a sort of sparkling Euclid, which nobody else can touch
Rebecca West
Worldly, sharp, witty ... Try to write like that, and her gift will seem very enviable and elusive
Terence de Vere White