"The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel" by Elinor Glyn is a story set in the early 1900s that follows Ambrosine, a young noblewoman, who's dealing with big changes after her family's move from Paris to England due to money problems. Living with her grandmother, Ambrosine's stuck between her high-class background and her longing for something more, especially when she's pressured into marrying someone she doesn't respect. As she thinks about her family's history and deals with her grandmother's strict rules and her feelings about romance, she wonders about her identity and what she wants out of life, particularly when interesting people like the Marquis de Rochermont and Sir Antony Thornhirst enter her world, making her question what she wants.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
By Elinor Glyn
A young woman from a respected family is torn between her duty to marry well and her own dreams of love, all while trying to find herself in a changing world.
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About the AuthorElinor Glyn was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards. She popularized the concept of the it-girl, and had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and, possibly, on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and, especially, Clara Bow.
Elinor Glyn was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards. She popularized the concept of the it-girl, and had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and, possibly, on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and, especially, Clara Bow.
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