‘It’ can be a quality of the mind as well as a physical attraction.' 'With "It" you win all men if you are a woman - and all women if you are a man. She coined the use of the word 'It', explaining: 'It’s that quality possessed by some which draws all' others with magnetic force. She soon allegedly began having affairs with various British Lords, with her novel Three Weeks reportedly inspired by one of her own romances.Īfter her liaisons ended badly, she would burn the love letters she had received, according to The New York Times. The pair had two daughters.īut in the early 1900s, Glyn started to write as her husband fell into debt. Her family returned to Jersey when she was eight, with her older sister Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, eventually becoming a well-known fashion designer, who worked under the professional name Lucile.Īt the age of 28, redheaded Glyn wed Clayton Louis Glyn, a wealthy barrister and Essex landowner, who descended from a former Lord Mayor of London. This meant upon her return to Europe, she had a way into aristocratic circles. It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood is out now
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