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- ↑ "Vera".
- ↑ Römhild, Juliane (2014). Femininity and Authorship in the Novels of Elizabeth von Arnim: At Her Most Radiant Moment. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 116. ISBN 9781611477047 . Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ↑ Römhild, p. 13
