Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood

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Unlike typical romances, which end with wedding bells, Elinor Glyn’s (1864–1943) story really began after her marriage up the social ladder and into the English gentry class in 1892. Born in the Channel Islands, Elinor Sutherland, like most Victorian women, aspired only to a good match. But when her hu...