“‘Misrepresentation and misunderstanding’ are bound to be her portion, because she has slapped down a host of immaturities on the most perilous of subjects, making the venture bravely with a limited capital of expression and insight.”
| − | Lit. D. 35: 613. O. 26, ’07. 310w. |
“The whole leaves a bewildering doubt—has Elinor Glyn become perfectly indifferent to her reputation or, by any mischance, is she beginning to take herself seriously?”
| − | Nation. 85: 328. O. 10, ’07. 170w. |
“Ethics may require that a tale be lewd; but it’s a crime for it to be stupid.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 12: 580. S. 28, ’07. 640w. |
“She sets out to write a story of mere animal passion, but she succumbed to the atmosphere of the moral idea, which is still characteristic of literature in these islands, and she ended in a melodrama.”
| − | Sat. R. 103: 754. Je. 15, ’07. 570w. |
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