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3	Three Weeks is a 1907 [[EroticLiterature erotic]] RomanceNovel by Elinor Glyn, about a wealthy English nobleman falling for an eccentric foreign lady.
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5	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.
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7	At the time of its release, reviews 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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9	There were two film adaptations, a film in 1914 (which is now [[MissingEpisode lost]]) and a film from 1924.
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12	!!This RomanceNovel provides examples of:
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14	* BettyAndVeronica: Isabella and the Lady.
15	* 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.]]
16	* 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 between them, since Paul is a nobleman's son and Isabella is a poor parson's daughter.
17	* DomesticAbuse: Hinted at when the Lady says she hates 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.]]
18	* EthicalSlut: The Lady
19	* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Paul and the Lady's son is described to look just like him.]]
20	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Paul is a bit naive, but means well and is a nice guy
21	* IWantGrandkids: Paul's family, his mother especially
22	* IdleRich: Paul has recently graduated from university and has not many ambitions in life.
23	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: The Lady is certainly... eccentric, [[spoiler: but it's deconstructed since there is an underlying sadness in her whimsy.]]
24	* NoNameGiven: We only know the Lady as the Lady.
25	* 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.]]
26	* RomanceNovel
27	* PreachersKid: Isabella, the parson's daughter, though the worst we see her do is ''hug'' a boy.

Context Literature / ThreeWeeks