After getting married she wrote sentimental romance novels to help make
ends meet. These were only moderately successful. Then she decided to
go all out and write a selacious novel about a three-week love affair
between an exotic woman and an upper-class man. "Three Weeks" was an
instant scandal in 1907. Like "Lady Chatterly's Lover" and "Peyton
Place", it was vilified from the world's pulpits while becoming a
worldwide smash (although not as well written as either of those
books). Initially banned for a time in the United States and Great
Britain, "Three Weeks" provided Madame Glyn, as she was sometimes
called, with lifetime financial security.
