![]() ![]() Her romances were considered scandalous for the time period. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Elinor Glyn was a controversial British novelist in the early 20th century. I had found her attractive on Wednesday, and after an excellent lunch, and two Benedictines, I was able to persuade myself that her tenderness and passion were real, and not the result of some thousands of francs, -And then when she left I saw my face in the glass without the patch over the socket, and a profound depression fell upon me." Three Weeks begins: Now this is an episode. He is wounded and he remembers his dinner from the night before, "Suzette supped with me, here in my appartment_ last night-When she had gone I felt a beast. Glyn, English novelist, whose best-selling romantic novels were once considered daring and slightly scandalous. Sir Nicholas Thormonde has to choose between Suzette, a nasty lady and his virtuous secretary Alathea in wartime Paris. She elevates him, degrades him, or bores him. Glyn uses the premise that a woman does one of three things to a man. She moved to Hollywood where she worked with Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. ![]() ![]() She was a pioneer in erotic fiction for women and coined the word "It" as a euphemism for sex. Elinor Glyn was a British novelist and scriptwriter. ![]()
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