Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and after her second marriage she was styled Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. Although known in her eary life as Mary, after the publication of her first book she was known to her readers, and eventually to friends and family, as Elizabeth, and is now invariably referred to as Elizabeth...