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* PreachersKid: Isabella, the parson's daughter, though the worst we see he do is ''hug'' a boy.
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There were two film adaptations, a film in 1914 (which is now [[MissingEpisode lost]]) and a film from 1924.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: True, his love is gone, but he has the memory of her love with him, and in the final few pages, goes to see his son.]]
* OldRetainer: Dmitry, the Lady's devoted butler. [[spoiler: after the Lady is killed and her husband is executed for her murder, he is the one who raises her and Paul's son, with Dmitry sending yearly letters.]]
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Three Weeks is a 1907 erotic romance novel by Elinor Glyn, about a wealthy English nobleman falling for an eccentric foreign lady.
Paul Verdayne, wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties, is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment, where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks.
At the time of its release, review were overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers even making personal attacks against Glyn herself. Despite the reviews it was popular enough to sell on average about [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity 2,000 copies per day for the next three months.]]
Paul Verdayne, wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties, is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment, where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks.
At the time of its release, review were overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers even making personal attacks against Glyn herself. Despite the reviews it was popular enough to sell on average about [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity 2,000 copies per day for the next three months.]]
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Three Weeks is a 1907 erotic romance novel [[EroticLiterature erotic]] RomanceNovel by Elinor Glyn, about a wealthy English nobleman falling for an eccentric foreign lady.
Paul Verdayne, a wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties, is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment, where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks. \n
At the time of its release,review reviews were overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers even making personal attacks against Glyn herself. Despite the reviews reviews, it was popular enough to sell on average about [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity 2,000 copies per day for the next three months.]]
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!!This RomanceNovel provides examples of:
Paul Verdayne, a wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties, is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment, where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks.
At the time of its release,
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!!This RomanceNovel provides examples of:
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason Paul gets sent to Paris is because he was caught ''hugging'' Isabella. Though this may have been because of their social standing more than anything improper going on, since Paul is a nobleman's son and Isabella is a parson's daughter.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason Paul gets sent to Paris is because he was caught ''hugging'' Isabella. Though this may have been because of their social standing more than anything improper going on, on between them, since Paul is a nobleman's son and Isabella is a poor parson's daughter.
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* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Pauls Paul and the Lady's son is described to look just like him]]him.]]
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* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hates her husband with a fiery passion, her husband, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler: her husband killing her after she gives birth to Paul's son.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hates her husband with a fiery passion, her husband, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler: her husband killing her after she gives birth to Paul's son.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason Paul gets sent to Paris is because he was caught HUGGING ''hugging'' Isabella. Though this may have been because of their social standing more than anything improper, improper going on, since Paul is a nobleman's son and Isabella is a parson's daughter.
* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hatesher husband one person with a fiery passion, her husband, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler: her husband killing her after she gives birth to Paul's son.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hates
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Three Weeks is a 1907 erotic romance novel by Elinor Glyn, about a wealthy English nobleman falling for an eccentric foreign lady.
Paul Verdayne, wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties, is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment, where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks.
At the time of its release, review were overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers even making personal attacks against Glyn herself. Despite the reviews it was popular enough to sell on average about [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity 2,000 copies per day for the next three months.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Isabella and the Lady.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason Paul gets sent to Paris is because he was caught HUGGING Isabella. Though this may have been because of their social standing more than anything improper, since Paul is a nobleman's son and Isabella is a parson's daughter.
* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hates her husband with a fiery passion, her husband, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler: her husband killing her after she gives birth to Paul's son.]]
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Pauls son is described to look just like him]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Paul is a bit naïve, but means well
* IWantGrandkids: Paul's family, his mother especially
* IdleRich: Paul has recently graduated from university and has not many ambitions
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: The Lady is certainly... eccentric, [[spoiler: but it's deconstructed since there is an underlying sadness in her whimsy.]]
* PreachersKid: Isabella
* PurpleProse: It's an erotic novel written in 1907, what do you think?
Paul Verdayne, wealthy English nobleman in his early twenties, is caught embracing the parson's daughter. His parents decide to send him away to France and then Switzerland. In Switzerland, he sees a woman referred to only as "the Lady". The Lady is older, in her thirties. After several days of exchanging lustful glances, they actually meet. She invites him to her apartment, where they share a sexual relationship for three weeks.
At the time of its release, review were overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers even making personal attacks against Glyn herself. Despite the reviews it was popular enough to sell on average about [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity 2,000 copies per day for the next three months.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Isabella and the Lady.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason Paul gets sent to Paris is because he was caught HUGGING Isabella. Though this may have been because of their social standing more than anything improper, since Paul is a nobleman's son and Isabella is a parson's daughter.
* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hates her husband with a fiery passion, her husband, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler: her husband killing her after she gives birth to Paul's son.]]
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Pauls son is described to look just like him]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Paul is a bit naïve, but means well
* IWantGrandkids: Paul's family, his mother especially
* IdleRich: Paul has recently graduated from university and has not many ambitions
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: The Lady is certainly... eccentric, [[spoiler: but it's deconstructed since there is an underlying sadness in her whimsy.]]
* PreachersKid: Isabella
* PurpleProse: It's an erotic novel written in 1907, what do you think?
