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 ...
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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 circulati...
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In the following review, the critic praises Glyn's novel Elizabeth Visits America, but accuses Glyn of pandering to the American public with her portrayals of Americans.
Mrs. Elinor Glyn has ma...
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In the following essay, Bennett praises Glyn's novel His Hour, describing it as "magnificently sexual."
After all, the world does move. I never thought to be able to congratulate ...
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In the following essay, Mortimer praises Glyn's ability to treat scandalous material, and calls her novel The Great Moment "a sociological phenomenon."
David Garnett and Elinor Gl...
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In the following essay, Douglas provides a plot summary of Glyn's novel The Sequence and praises Glyn's ability to write of events considered shocking—particularly sexualityȁ...
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In the following essay, Paterson praises Glyn's autobiography Romantic Adventure.
The tiger skin was real. Readers who like to know whether or not a novel is "true" will be glad t...
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In the following excerpt, Glyn provides a biographical survey of Glyn's film screenplays.
It is difficult now, more than thirty years later, to recreate the extraordinary topsy-turvy atmosphere...
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Elinor Glyn
Elinor Glyn
