Title: The Reason Why
Author: Elinor Glyn
Release Date: May 26, 2004 [EBook #12450]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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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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