by Elizabeth von Arnim · Ullstein Tb · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783548303765
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«Priscilla und das Haus in Devon» is the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, published by Ullstein Tb in paperback (252 pages, in German).
Priscilla, a German princess accustomed to a life of privilege, discovers through her mentor Herr Fritzing that a wider world exists beyond the castle and begins to long for freedom. The work combines a comic tone with an ironic look at social conventions and the pursuit of happiness.
Work originally published in English in 1905 as The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight; the German translation is by Dagmar Hartmann, and this edition belongs to the collection Die Frau in der Literatur.
For readers of classic novels and comedies with social criticism, set in early 20th-century Europe.
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 Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel Prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to friends and finally to family.
