Editing Elizabeth von Arnim (section)

==Early life==
She was born at her family's home on [[Kirribilli, New South Wales|Kirribilli Point]] in Sydney, Australia, to Henry Herron Beauchamp (1825–1907), a wealthy shipping merchant, and Elizabeth (nicknamed Louey) Weiss Lassetter (1836–1919). She was called May by her family. She had four brothers and a sister.<ref name=jasper>Arnim, Jasper von (2003) [http://von-arnim.net/files/portr_elizabeth_engl.pdf Elizabeth von Arnim], von-arnim.net. Retrieved 24 July 2020</ref> One of her cousins was the New Zealand-born Kathleen Beauchamp, who wrote under the pen name [[Katherine Mansfield]]. When she was three years old, the family moved to England, where they lived in London but also spent several years in Switzerland.<ref name=usborne/><ref name=ODNB>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35883 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition (UK library card required): ''Arnim, Mary Annette &#91;May&#93; von'']. Retrieved 5 March 2014.</ref>

Arnim was the [[first cousin]] of Mansfield's father, [[Harold Beauchamp]], making her the first cousin once removed of Mansfield. Although Elizabeth was older by 22 years, she and Mansfield later corresponded, reviewed each other's works, and became close friends.<ref name=worms>{{harvnb |Maddison |2013 |pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=mp0WDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85 85–91] |ps=This source incorrectly states that Mansfield was in Switzerland until June 1922, but all Mansfield biographies state January 1922, after which she moved to France seeking treatment for [[Tuberculosis|TB]]. Mansfield and Murry later lived in a hotel in Randogne from June to August 1922. She died in France in January 1923, aged 34.}}</ref> Mansfield, ill with [[tuberculosis]], lived in the Montana region of Switzerland (now [[Crans-Montana]]) from May 1921 until January 1922, renting the Chalet des Sapins with her husband [[John Middleton Murry]] from June 1921. The house was only a "1/2 an hour's scramble away" from Arnim's Chalet Soleil at [[Randogne]]. Arnim visited her cousin often during this period.<ref name=worms/> They got on well, although Mansfield considered the much wealthier Arnim to be patronizing.<ref>Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan, ed., et al. (1996) [https://books.google.com/books?id=WktGcM_UpH8C&pg=PA250 ''The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume Four: 1920–1921''], pp. 249–250. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 20 July 2020 (Google Books)</ref> Mansfield satirized Arnim as the character Rosemary in a short story, "[[A Cup of Tea]]", which she wrote while in Switzerland.<ref name=worms/><ref>Katherine Mansfield, (2001) ''The Montana Stories'' London: Persephone Books.</ref>

Arnim studied at the [[Royal College of Music]], principally learning the organ.<ref>Isobel Maddison, Juliane Römhild, et al. (22 June 2017) [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09574042.2017.1320070?forwardService=showFullText&tokenAccess=sZj9SfYV8A8mfmUyFJwH&tokenDomain=eprints&doi=10.1080%2F09574042.2017.1320070&doi=10.1080%2F09574042.2017.1320070&journalCode=rwcr20 "Reading Elizabeth von Arnim Today: An Overview"], ''Women: A Cultural Review'', Vol. 28, 2017, Issue 1–2. Retrieved 18 July 2020.</ref>