Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood 9781631490705, 2022009212, 9781631490699, 1631490702

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