The Visits of Elizabeth, by Elinor Glyn
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The Visits of Elizabeth, by Elinor Glyn
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It was perhaps a fortunate thing for Elizabeth that her ancestors went back to the Conquest, and that she numbered at least two Countesses and a Duchess among her relatives. Her father had died some years ago, and, her mother being an invalid, she had lived a good deal abroad. But, at about seventeen, Elizabeth began to pay visits among her kinsfolk. It was after arriving at Nazeby Hall, for a Cricket Week, that she first wrote home.
The Visits of Elizabeth, by Elinor Glyn- Amazon Sales Rank: #7766646 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .23" w x 6.00" l, .32 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 100 pages
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.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Witty look into Edwardian High Society By Girl Friday Reader When The Visits of Elizabeth was published, it created a scandal due to Glyn's description of the eponymous heroine looking adorable in her nightgown. The outrage made this book a scandale de success and put Elinor Glyn on the path to smashing fame with even more "scandalous" books. Viewed through our eyes, this book would seem quaint and cute, more suited to the YA market than the adult fiction market in which it was published. However, this book is best used as a peek into the fast set otherwise known as the "Marlborough House Set" which centered itself on the Prince of Wales (Edward VII), amusement, money, and sex. The naive and charming narrator gets herself into social scrapes due to her innocence, and they are actually funny over a hundred years later because you know what Elizabeth doesn't know--and perhaps that was the appeal for the more knowing Edwardian readers. Glyn's book is a bit of a satire, but a romantic one, and Elizabeth gets her happily-ever-after, but not before making every handsome gentleman fall deeply in love with her. The popular fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries are sadly neglected, and cause most to assume anything written in the past is as difficult (to them) and/or as boring to read as books touted as "classics"--though I've enjoyed many of them as much as I have popular fiction. I think it's time for a revival of "pulp" or "trashy" fiction as they are usually more honest and more revealing of the people of their day. The Visits of Elizabeth is available for free in many places, though I'm sure Dodo Press created a lovely edition.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A quick little read By A. Woman The book is written in the form of letters sent by a 17-year-old English girl to her invalid mother. Elizabeth is traveling around, visiting family and friends and dutifully reports to her mother all the people she meets and things she experiences. The story sort of puts me in mind of a Jane Austen type of book, updated to the turn of the 20th century. Only Elizabeth has a lot more spunk. (When one overzealous swain declares his adoration, she threatens to knock him over the head with a pool cue. You won't find THAT in an Austen novel.) Elizabeth is innocent and naive -- sometimes veering off into downright stupid -- but altogether she's an alright gal. And like all Jane Austen-type heroines, Elizabeth gets a rich and titled man in the end. The story was published in 1901 and gives an interesting view of mores back then. For instance, Elizabeth thinks it highly rude to use anyone's first name. But that's nothing compared to the shock and horror her French godmother experiences when she learns that Elizabeth dares to take a bath in the nude! My complaint about the book, as well as other books written around this time, is that there are long lines of dialogue in French. I suppose the author automatically assumed I the reader would know French. Well I don't! While I fumble around with my French/English dictionary, I'm left clueless as to what is being said and what is going on. And a great chunk of the book takes place in France. Why couldn't the publishers provide footnote translations for mono-lingual people like me? Overall, the book is an easy read (except for the French) and Elizabeth is a likeable character.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Hilarious and adorable. By Amazon Customer Elinor Glyn is at her best when she's being funny, as in the Elizabeth book, and not trying to be all romantic and profound, as in Three Weeks. Elizabeth is an English girl from a very aristocratic family, but she's spent most of her life in retirement with her widowed mother. This book contains the letters she writes home while visiting all her relatives in England and France. Basically, everyone is leading wonderfully scandalous lives, and Elizabeth sees and reports everything without really understanding what's going on. Also, several people fall in love with her. It's pretty great.
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