Elizabeth von Arnim
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Over the course of her career Elizabeth and her German Garden (1898), brought her to fame. After this she wrote mostly comic romances which treated, among other themes, early twentieth-century domestic affairs, the problems of aging, and Anglo-German relations.
's circle of friends and acquaintances included a number of significant writers of the period.
reprints and a critical biography have renewed interest in her oeuvre.
wrote over twenty popular novels, some of which she adapted for the stage, and published her memoirs. Her bestselling first novel,