| Description | The main theme of these letters is Cynthia's relationships with male friends and suitors, and her personal development. Several letters contain a discussion of Cynthia's character, her spirited nature and her ambitions for happiness in life and relationships. Earlier letters also hint at Elinor Glyn's own feelings following the end of her relationship with Cynthia's father, George Curzon and his re-marriage to Grace Duggan.
/1 and /2 are sent from Tite Street, London, and contain references to Elinor's time at Montacute House, which she decorated for Curzon but left at the end of 1916
The other letters are all sent from addresses outside England, mainly from Paris.
/3 and /4 contain opinions and advice about how Cynthia should deal with a relationship with an unidentified young man in 1919, including Elinor's analysis of his character, but /4 also mentions that she has been visiting the battlefields with the French Army
/5 congratulates Cynthia on her engagement to Oswald Mosley in 1920, and comments on the match; 'how delightful that he is in parliament & so you will find interest for that part of your character which needs something beyond the world & its amusements'
/6 contains New Year's wishes for 1921 and alludes to Cynthia's pregnancy
/7 refers to a plan for Cynthia to spend some time in America and contains advice about what she should say to a suitor about her plans
/8 contains a detailed account of the plot of one of Elinor's novels, and her reasons for writing
/9 concerns Cynthia's relationship with an unidentified young man, and contains advice for her, but also mentions Elinor's work with French and American soldiers, presumably during the First World War. |