Elinor Glyn

The Visits Of Elizabeth

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Produktbeschreibung

The Visits of Elizabeth is a novel by Elinor Glyn, first published in 1919. The story revolves around the titular character, Elizabeth, who is a beautiful and wealthy young woman from New York. Elizabeth travels to England to visit her aunt and uncle, and while there, she becomes embroiled in a complicated love triangle with two men: the dashing and aristocratic Lord Bracondale, and the quiet and reserved Mr. Parmenter.As Elizabeth spends more time with Lord Bracondale, she finds herself falling deeply in love with him, despite his reputation as a notorious womanizer. However, Mr. Parmenter also harbors feelings for Elizabeth, and she must choose between the two men.As the story unfolds, Elizabeth must navigate the complexities of love, social class, and societal expectations in order to find true happiness. Along the way, she encounters a cast of colorful characters, including eccentric aristocrats, scheming socialites, and loyal servants.The Visits of Elizabeth is a classic romance novel that explores themes of love, passion, and societal norms. With its vivid descriptions of life in early 20th century England and its compelling characters, it remains a beloved work of literature to this day.They asked also about England, and was it really true that when we went to a ball we stayed with our danseurs till the next dance? I said I had not been to a ball yet, but had always heard that is what one did. One of the friends is quite nice-looking, but with such dirty nails. It appears you don't wash much till you are married, it is not considered bien vu, in fact rather lance, and you can't have fine under-clothes, it has all got to be as unattractive as possible, and that shows you are as good as gold and will make a nice wife.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781419186899
• ISBN-10: 1419186892
• Artikelnr.: 21739621

Autorenporträt

Elinor Glyn was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialized in love fiction, which was deemed scandalous at the time, yet her works are very moderate by contemporary standards. She popularized the concept of the it-girl and had a huge impact on early 20th-century popular culture, maybe even on the careers of prominent Hollywood stars like Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, and, most notably, Clara Bow. Elinor Sutherland was born on October 17, 1864, in St Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands. She was the younger daughter of Douglas Sutherland (1838-1865), a civil engineer of Scottish heritage, and his wife Elinor Saunders (1841-1937), from an Anglo-French family who had established in Canada. Her father was claimed to be linked to the Lords of Duffus. Her father died when she was two months old, and her mother went to the parental home in Guelph, Upper Canada, British North America (now Ontario), with her two daughters. Elinor was taught here by her grandmother, Lucy Anne Saunders, the daughter of Sir Richard Willcocks, an early Irish police magistrate who assisted in the suppression of the Emmet Rising in 1803.