Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn

Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn

SOLD OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES 'The pioneer of erotic fiction' DAILY MAIL 'Awakening female erotic consciousness, after the long sleep of Victorianism' HILARY A. HALLETT, NEW YORK TIMES 'Its power was so great, in fact, that it threatened the patriarchal structures that the twentieth century was built on' ATLANTIC This hugely enjoyable novel, a scandalous success in 1907, is even today, startling for its enthusiastic depiction of female sensuality. One of Virago's trio of turn-of-the-century erotic bestsellers, with Edith Maud Hull's The Sheik and Ethel M. Dell's The Way of an Eagle. Paul Verdayne, a wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks. She disappears soon after and Paul is upset and returns to England. Amid high drama Paul finally discovers her august and tragic secret . . .

Its power was so great, in fact, that it threatened the patriarchal structures that the twentieth century was built on * Atlantic *
The pioneer of erotic fiction * Daily Mail *
The breakthrough, then-scandalous Three Weeks. . awakening female erotic consciousness, after the long sleep of Victorianism -- Hilary A. Hallett * New York Times *

Born in Jersey, Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) was infused with aristocratic notions by her grandmother, and grew up an exotic beauty with white skin and flaming hair. Her marriage, in 1892, was not the romantic success she had hoped for, though she later had affairs with Lord Curzon, and possibly Lord Milner.

Her first novel, The Visits of Elizabeth (1906) was very successful, but real notoriety came with Three Weeks, published in 1907. She went on to write many other novels of intense emotions and luxurious settings, including the follow-up Six Days (1924). With her 1926 novella, It, she found a new term for sex-appeal, which gained universal currency with the Clara Bow film in which Glyn herself appeared. She spent much of the 1920s in Hollywood, scripting, directing movies and writing books of advice on love and marriage.

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ISBN 13	9781860490835
ISBN 10	1860490832
Title	Three Weeks
Author	Elinor Glyn
Series	Virago Modern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1996-02-08
Number of pages	320
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