What on earth could have induced Mr Anstruther to fall in love with Fraulein Schmidt? He is an eligible English bachelor from a good family with great expectations; she is the plain, poor, ‘spinster’ daughter of a German scholar. But Rose-Marie Schmidt is also funny, intelligent, brave and gifted with an irrepressible talent for happiness. The real question is, does Mr Anstruther know how lucky he is?
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Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther Elizabeth von Arnim
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Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 - 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Gräfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell.
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A wonderful story told in letters from Fraulein Schmidt to her former lodger and sometime lover, Mr. Anstruther.By the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden.
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Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther: Being the Letters of an Independent Woman