Mary Annette Beauchamp (1866-1941), Katherine Mansfield's Australian cousin, married the Count von Arnim-Schlagenthin, of Pomerania, whose prestigious family connections were regrettably not accompanied by a family fortune of equal stature. (The Beauchamps were well-off, but "May," as they called her, was the youngest of their several children.) After a few years of marriage, the Countess, who had a scribbler's gift, found she could increase her household income by transforming her experience into publishable work.... More >>>