He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called "It.'' Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...
Elinor Glyn, glamorous socialite, incessant traveler, and romantic novelist, reached the peak of her celebrity in the autumn of 1907, when she published Three Weeks. Soon a naughty rhyme was circulating in New York and London society, cleverly mocking...
British author Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) wrote a number of novels, many featuring strong female characters in sexually charged situations. The most scandalous was Three Weeks, which nearly ended Glyn's career. Later in her career she was lured to...
Elinor Glyn (October 17, 1864 - September 23, 1943), born Elinor Sutherland, was an English novelist and scriptwriter who pioneered mass-market women's erotic fiction. She coined the use of It as a euphemism for sexuality, or sex...
When the subject of a biography is a moving target, lives to move on, when global place-names and personages must be inserted into the narrative, the task of achieving completeness and accuracy can stifle the more interesting and penetrative matter of interpretation. That is...
"GOOD THINGS come to those who wait" has to be one of the most annoying proverbs. But in the case of Miranda Rhys Williams and her beautiful west London home, it has proved annoyingly true. Having searched for her ideal flat for two...
It’s the light, a kind of fire in the eyes, sometimes flaming, sometimes smoldering. It’s a gravitational force, sucking the attention of anyone around. It makes a decent actress seem great. It’s elusive, and not for sale. It’s natural, organic, innocent yet vaguely dangerous. And,...
In the following essay, Mortimer praises Glyn's ability to treat scandalous material, and calls her novel The Great Moment "a sociological phenomenon."
