by Elizabeth von Arnim · Insel, Frankfurt · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783458334644
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«Sallys Glück» is the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, published by Insel, Frankfurt in paperback (351 pages, in German).
The novel follows Sally, an innocent and kind-hearted young woman who, without meaning to, ends up in a snobbish social circle. With a gentle, observant tone, the author contrasts the protagonist's simplicity with the superficiality and pretensions of those around her, resulting in a comedy of manners about England in 1900.
Translated from English by Schamma Schahadat, it is the German edition of «Introduction to Sally», originally published in 1926. It is number 1764 in the insel taschenbuch series.
Aimed at readers of classics with humour and social irony, interested in female protagonists and period portraits.
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.
