Elizabeth Visits America - Softcover

Glyn, Elinor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421842491 ISBN 13: 9781421842493

Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

Synopsis

After a few years of really perfect domestic bliss Elizabeth and her "Harry" had a rather serious quarrel, which ended in Lord Valmond's going off to shoot big game in the wilds of Africa, leaving Elizabeth, who (in the absence of her mother and her favourite cousin, Octavia, abroad) had taken refuge with her great aunt Maria at Heaviland Manor, in an obstinate and disconsolate frame of mind. Lord Valmond was two days out on his voyage when Elizabeth wrote to her parent:

About this title

About the Author:

Elinor Glyn was a British writer best known for pioneering mass-market women s erotic fiction and popularizing the concept of the It Girl, which had a profound influence on 20th century popular culture and the careers of Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow. In addition to her work as a scriptwriter for silent movies, Glyn was one of the earliest female directors. Elinor Glyn s elder sister was fashion designer Lady Duff-Gordon, who survived the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Over the duration of her career Glyn penned more than 40 works including such titles as Three Weeks, Beyond the Rocks, and Love s Blindness. Elinor Glyn died in 1943.

About this edition

• Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1421842491
• ISBN 13: 9781421842493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: 1stworld Library