Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Elinor Glyn | Elinor Sutherland
married Clayton Glyn
, a well-established bachelor ten years her senior, at St George's, Hanover Square, already a fashionable church for weddings. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 58 Hardwick, Joan. Addicted to Romance: The Life and Adventures of Elinor Glyn. Andre Deutsch, 1994. 62 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elinor Glyn | EG
's husband
died after some years of deteriorating health. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 227 |
Leisure and Society | Elinor Glyn | About a year later, EG
and her husband
were present to see Queen Victoria
's body in its triple coffin crossing London on 2 February 1901. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 97 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Queen Victoria |
Material Conditions of Writing | Elinor Glyn | EG
had begun writing to amuse herself and others, but by 1908 her husband
had spent all their capital, causing them to go into debt and borrow from friends, family, and their own assets. This... |
Other Life Event | Elinor Glyn | EG
's autobiography includes a strange tale of near abduction. During her stay in St Petersburg, she received notice that her husband
was in debt again and needed her to return to London immediately... |
Publishing | Elinor Glyn | She began this novel knowing nothing about writing as a profession. She wrote the entire manuscript in a set of children's copy-books. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 93 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elinor Glyn | She begins by defining what romance means to her, and she explains that in her life the fundamental impulse behind every action, has been the desire for romance. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 2 |
Wealth and Poverty | Elinor Glyn | When EG
's husband
returned from his travels around the world, he confessed to her that he had spent all of their capital and was now in serious debt. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 168-9 Hardwick, Joan. Addicted to Romance: The Life and Adventures of Elinor Glyn. Andre Deutsch, 1994. 142-3 |
Wealth and Poverty | Elinor Glyn | After the birth of this second daughter, EG
's husband
went to Monte Carlo, where he gambled away the large sum of ¥10,000. His excuse was being distraught that the child was not a male heir. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 92 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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