Only Happiness Here
Subtitle: In Search of Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780702262975
Description: Gabrielle Carey narrates a riveting journey through the life and work of one of last century's most successful - and almost forgotten - women novelists, Elizabeth von Arnim. 'When I discovered Elizabeth von Arnim, I found, for the first time, a writer who wrote about being happy.'Elizabeth von Arnim is one of the early twentieth century's most famous - and almost forgotten - authors. She was ahead of her time in her understanding of women and their often thwarted pursuit of happiness. Born in Sydney in the mid-1800s, she went on to write many internationally bestselling novels, marry a Prussian Count and then an English Lord, develop close friendships with H.G. Wells and E.M. Forster, and raise five children. Intrigued by von Arnim's extraordinary life, Gabrielle Carey sets off on a literary and philosophical journey to learn about this bold and witty author.  More than a biography, Only Happiness Here is also a personal investigation into our perennial obsession with finding joy.