![]() ![]() ![]() Nicholas is a soldier returned home from the war, wounded in body and spirit. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn is the tale of Nicholas Thormond and Alathea Sharp. I had found her attractive on Wednesday, and after an excellent lunch, and two Benedictines, I was able to persuade myself that her tenderness and passion were real, and not the result of some thousands of francs, -And then when she left I saw my face in the glass without the patch over the socket, and a profound depression fell upon me." He is wounded and he remembers his dinner from the night before, "Suzette supped with me, here in my appartment_ last night-When she had gone I felt a beast. Sir Nicholas Thormonde has to choose between Suzette, a nasty lady and his virtuous secretary Alathea in wartime Paris. She elevates him, degrades him, or bores him. Glyn uses the premise that a woman does one of three things to a man. I am sick of my life-The war has robbed it of all that a young man can find of joy. She moved to Hollywood where she worked with Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. Romantic Comedy Fiction Fiction in English Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn I February, 1918. She was a pioneer in erotic fiction for women and coined the word "It" as a euphemism for sex. Elinor Glyn was a British novelist and scriptwriter. ![]()
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