Elizabeth and Her German Garden

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Her 1940 novel Mr. Skeffington was made into an Academy Award-nominated feature film by Warner Bros. in 1944, starring Bette Davis and Claude Rains, and a 60-minute " Lux Radio Theater" broadcast radio adaptation of the movie on 1 October 1945. She looked down upon the frivolous fashions of her time writing “I believe all needlework and dressmaking is of the devil, designed to keep women from study.”

Arnim's 1921 novel Vera, a dark tragi-comedy drawing on her disastrous marriage to Earl Russell, was her most critically acclaimed work, described by John Middleton Murry as " Wuthering Heights by Jane Austen". [27]This edition did have a few errors, especially in the rendering of the German words with which Von Arnim liberally sprinkles her prose. Readers who do not know German might want to look for a footnoted edition with translations, or have an electronic translator handy. This 1898 novelized memoir of a year in the life of a rather remarkable woman is a delight, a tonic for miserable days and bad moods. The book recounts the joy Elizabeth found in her country estate, her efforts to develop a garden on the neglected grounds, and time spent with her family and visiting friends. In January 1916, Arnim married Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, the elder brother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell. The marriage ended in acrimony, with the couple separating in 1919, although they never divorced. [20] She then went to the United States, where her daughters Liebet and Evi were living. In 1920 she returned to her home in Switzerland, using it as a base for frequent trips to other parts of Europe. [2] In the same year, she embarked on an affair with Alexander Stuart Frere (1892–1984), who later became chairman of the publishing house Heinemann. Frere, 26 years her junior, initially went to stay at the Chalet Soleil to catalog her large library, and a romance ensued. The affair lasted several years. In 1933, Frere married the writer and theater critic Patricia Wallace, [21] and Arnim was the godmother of the couple's only daughter Elizabeth (later Elizabeth Frere Jones) who was named in her honour. [17] Will Satan mich verschlingen, so lass die Engel singen Hallelujah! = Satan wants to devour me, so let the angels sing Hallelujah! Nadia May reads the audiobook. Her accent is British. It fits perfectly here. She pauses at all the right places. A delightful narration worthy of four stars.

Ashley Oles, The Angel in the Garden: Recovering Elizabeth von Arnim's 'The Pastor's Wife', Master's thesis, East Carolina University, 2012 ( [2] PDF; 378 KB)

dichiaro solennemente che se mai i miei mobili mi infastidissero perché hanno bisogno di essere spolverati quando io voglio fare qualcos’altro, e non ci fosse nessuno che potesse togliere la polvere al posto mio, li butterei tutti quanti nel falò più vicino e me ne starei seduta con grande soddisfazione a scaldarmi le punte dei piedi alle fiamme,.. The book is the first in a series about the same character, "Elizabeth". It is noteworthy for originally being published without a named author. Von Arnim insisted that she must remain anonymous because she claimed her husband, the German aristocrat Count Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin [ de], whom she satirises in the book, would have found it unacceptable for his wife to write commercial fiction. [2] Ed è così – ho sostenuto con l’Uomo della Collera, quando lui ha protestato per quello che chiamava il mio perder tempo di sopra.