The Damsel and the Sage: A Woman's Whimsies

By Elinor Glyn

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547341604

Elinor Glyn

Elinor Glyn was a British writer best known for pioneering mass-market women’s erotic fiction and popularizing the concept of the “It Girl,” which had a profound influence on 20th century popular culture and the careers of Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow. In addition to her work as a scriptwriter for silent movies, Glyn was one of the earliest female directors. Elinor Glyn’s elder sister was fashion designer Lady Duff-Gordon, who survived the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Over the duration of her career Glyn penned more than 40 works including such titles as Three Weeks, Beyond the Rocks, and Love’s Blindness. Elinor Glyn died in 1943.

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Elinor Glyn

The Damsel and the Sage: A Woman's Whimsies

EAN 8596547341604

DigiCat, 2022

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THE SAGE

A WOMAN'S WHIMSIES

By ELINOR GLYN

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK & LONDON MDCCCCIII

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THE SUN'S RAYS

THE DAMSEL AND THE SAGE

By MRS. HUMPHRY WARD

HENRY SETON MERRIMAN

By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

By JOHN FOX, Jr.

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THE SAGE

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A WOMAN'S WHIMSIES

By

ELINOR GLYN

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HARPER &

BROTHERS

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NEW YORK

& LONDON

MDCCCCIII

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THE SUN'S RAYS

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A tree stood alone surrounded by high and low hills. It could be observed from all sides, and it appeared different from each elevation.

The tree was the same, only the point of view differed.

Everything depends upon the point of view.

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And as to the meaning, it's what you please.

"C. S. C."

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THE DAMSEL AND THE SAGE

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nd the Damsel said to the Sage:

Now, what is life? And why does the fruit taste bitter in the mouth?

And the Sage answered, as he stepped from his cave:

My child, there was once a man who had two ears like other people. They were naturally necessary for his enjoyment of the day. But one of these ears offended his head. It behaved with stupidity, thinking thereby to enhance its value to him—it heard too much. Oh, it conducted itself with a gross stupidity. 'Out upon you,' cried the man; 'since you have overstepped the limit of the functions of an ear, I shall cut you from my head!' And so, without hesitation, he took a sword and accomplished the deed. The poor ear then lay upon the ground bleeding, and the man went about with a mutilated head.

And what was the good of all that? said the Damsel.

There was no good in it, replied the Sage. "But he was a man, and he had