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On her 33rd birthday, novelist Elizabeth von Arnim wrote in her journal that she had: “Wept much for no apparent reason”.
No reason? She had just given birth to yet another daughter, her fourth in quick succession. Her tiny five foot frame was exhausted from childbearing. She was smothered in babies and wanted no more.
Elizabeth Von Arnim’s light touch and a sparkling wit saw her often likened to Jane Austen.