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Beyond the Rocks (1906)

by Elinor Glyn

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This early work by Elinor Glyn was originally published in 1906 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Beyond the Rocks' is an erotic romance novel that tells the story of a marriage of convenience and a forbidden romance. Elinor Glyn was born on 17th October 1864 in Saint Helier, Jersey. She was the youngest daughter of a civil engineer, Douglas Southerland, and his wife Elinor Saunders. Elinor Glyn began her writing career in 1900 and was a pioneer of the risqu and romantic fiction genre. She went on to write many popular books such as 'Beyond the Rocks' (1906), 'Love's Blindness' (1926), and 'It' (1927), in which she coined the term 'It', meaning the animal magnetism that some individuals possess.… (more)
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Elinor Glyn, the woman who coined the term "It Girl", writes wonderfully period-specific novels that one cannot read enough. ( )
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The hours were composed mostly of dull or rebellious moments during the period of Theodora's engagement to Mr. Brown. From the very first she had thought it hard that she should have to take this situation, instead of Sarah or Clemantine, her elder step-sisters, so much nearer his age than herself. To do them justice, either of these ladies would have been glad to relieve her of the obligation to be Mrs. Brown, but Mr. Brown thought otherwise.
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This early work by Elinor Glyn was originally published in 1906 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Beyond the Rocks' is an erotic romance novel that tells the story of a marriage of convenience and a forbidden romance. Elinor Glyn was born on 17th October 1864 in Saint Helier, Jersey. She was the youngest daughter of a civil engineer, Douglas Southerland, and his wife Elinor Saunders. Elinor Glyn began her writing career in 1900 and was a pioneer of the risqu and romantic fiction genre. She went on to write many popular books such as 'Beyond the Rocks' (1906), 'Love's Blindness' (1926), and 'It' (1927), in which she coined the term 'It', meaning the animal magnetism that some individuals possess.

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Theodora Fitzgerald is a young woman who is forced to marry Josiah Brown, an older and wealthier man, but later she falls in love with someone else.
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