"Christopher and Columbus" by Elizabeth Von Arnim is a charming story about twin sisters, Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas, who become refugees during wartime and embark on a journey from Europe to America. The twins, feeling lost between different cultures, struggle with their identity from their mixed heritage and the longing for their mother as they search for a new home in an unfamiliar land. As they board the American liner St. Luke, leaving a gloomy England behind, they imagine themselves to be Christopher Columbus and his crew. Anna-Rose is brave and lively, looking after her twin sister, while Anna-Felicitas is dreamy and thinks deeply about the world around her. Even as they face a new life, the story combines funny moments with sad feelings, showing how they handle the difficulties of their past and their dreams for the future in America.
Christopher and Columbus
By Elizabeth Von Arnim
Two young sisters, escaping the troubles of war, sail to a new world filled with both hope and uncertainty as they seek a place to call home.
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About the AuthorElizabeth 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. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.
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. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley for only one novel, Christine, published in 1917.
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