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The portable Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
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42 editions published between 1958 and 2007 in 8 languages and held by 2,566 libraries worldwide The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors. There are some stories new to the Portable, "Such a Pretty Little Picture," along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as Vogue, McCall's, House and Garden, and New Masses. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings ? racial, labor, international ? and so "Soldiers of the Republic" is joined by reprints of "Not Enough" and "Sophisticated Poetry ? And the Hell With It," both of which first appeared in New Masses. "A Dorothy Parker Sampler" blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down. "Self-Portrait" reprints an interview she did in 1956 with the Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations ("Writers at Work") that the literary journal conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. What makes the interviews so interesting is that they were permitted to edit their transcripts before publication, resulting in miniature autobiographies. "Letters: 1905-1962," which might be subtitled "Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored," presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe.
Laments for the living
by Dorothy Parker
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55 editions published between 1930 and 1997 in 4 languages and held by 1,422 libraries worldwide In these 24 short stories, Parker blends irony and humor on topics ranging from the battle of the sexes to love affairs and family feuds.
Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
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25 editions published between 1944 and 2004 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,231 libraries worldwide Collection of poems and stories.
The collected stories of Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
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11 editions published between 1939 and 1942 in English and held by 1,166 libraries worldwide
The collected poetry of Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
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10 editions published between 1926 and 1959 in English and held by 1,152 libraries worldwide
Complete stories
by Dorothy Parker
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7 editions published between 1995 and 2003 in English and held by 1,127 libraries worldwide Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have become part of the American literary landscape, but, as this collection of her complete short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives.
Candide; a comic operetta based on Voltaire's satire
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29 editions published between 1955 and 2006 in English and held by 1,083 libraries worldwide Adaptation of Voltaire's fable about a young man whose simplicity and optimism drop him into one disaster after another.
Constant Reader
by Dorothy Parker
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8 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and held by 1,029 libraries worldwide A selection of articles originally published in the New Yorker, 1927- 1933.
A star is born
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4 editions published between 1991 and 1999 in English and held by 961 libraries worldwide Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's plummets.
Not much fun : the lost poems of Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
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6 editions published between 1996 and 2009 in English and held by 795 libraries worldwide Dorothy Parker wrote more than three hundred poems and verses for a variety of popular magazines and newspapers during the early years of her literary career. She collected most of these pieces in three volumes of poetry, Enough Rope, Sunset Gun and Death and Taxes. It is the remaining poems and verses, the ones that she failed to collect and whose very existence has been unknown to most of the general public for more than half a century, that comprise this volume. Eclectic and exuberant, the 122 forgotten poems and verses display the raw talent and dexterity of America's most renowned cynic. Some are topical, providing gimlet-eyed commentary on urban life from the First World War through the mid-twenties. With incomparable wit, Parker dissects contemporary fads and, in the raucous "Hate Verses," gleefully maligns most facets of humanity and popular culture, from husbands and wives to bohemians, slackers, summer resorts and movies. Some of the pieces are rare examples of Parker's experimentation with structured poetic forms. Others are more personal, celebrating her love of animals or scrutinizing the perils of passion. Notoriously - and irrationally - critical of her own work, Parker chose not to include this poetry in her previous collections. Nonetheless, many of the lost poems compare with her best, and nearly all display the distinctive wit, irony and precision that continue to attract succeeding generations of readers. In an authoritative and immensely entertaining introduction, Stuart Y. Silverstein recounts Parker's celebrated career.
After such pleasures
by Dorothy Parker
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23 editions published between 1932 and 1968 in 3 languages and held by 735 libraries worldwide
Death and taxes
by Dorothy Parker
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15 editions published between 1931 and 1939 in English and held by 704 libraries worldwide
Saboteur
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13 editions published between 1942 and 2008 in English and held by 702 libraries worldwide Wartime thriller about a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent, and is framed for that act himself.
Enough rope; poems
by Dorothy Parker
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16 editions published between 1926 and 1940 in English and held by 690 libraries worldwide
Sunset gun; poems
by Dorothy Parker
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14 editions published between 1928 and 1941 in English and held by 652 libraries worldwide http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/text/accesspolicy.html
The ladies of the corridor
by Dorothy Parker
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6 editions published between 1954 and 2008 in English and held by 639 libraries worldwide Loosely based on Parker's life, this is a searing drama about women living on their own in a New York residence hotel. With husbands dead and children, if any, too busy for aging parents, the ladies are empty-nesters struggling with lives that have lost their centers.
The poetry and short stories of Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker
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1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 634 libraries worldwide Poetry and short stories by American author Dorothy Parker, who got her start as a caption writer for Vogue and was instrumental in forming the character of the New Yorker magazine at its founding in 1925.
Complete poems
by Dorothy Parker
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4 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in English and held by 633 libraries worldwide Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literary coterie, Dorothy Parker built a reputation as one of the era's most beloved poets. Parker's satirical wit and sharp-edged humor earned her a reputation as the wittiest woman in America.
Here lies : the collected stories
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7 editions published between 1939 and 1945 in English and held by 553 libraries worldwide
Dorothy Parker in her own words
by Dorothy Parker
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6 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 453 libraries worldwide "Despite her prolific output, ageless writer and wit Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) never penned an autobiography (although if she had, she said it would have been titled Mongrel). Combing through her stories, poems, articles, reviews, correspondence, and even her rare journalism and song lyrics, editor Barry Day has selected and arranged passages that describe her life and its preoccupations - urban living, the theater and the cinema, the battle of the sexes, and death by dissipation."--Jacket. more
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Airplane factories Algonquin Round Table American fiction American literature American poetry American wit and humor Audiobooks Audiobooks Authors, American Biography California--Los Angeles Collections Criticism, interpretation, etc. Divorce Drama English literature Feature films Feature films Ferber, Edna,--1887-1968 Fiction Films for the hearing impaired Fitzgerald, Zelda,--1900-1948 History Jealousy Literature Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Married people Millay, Edna St. Vincent,--1892-1950 Motion picture actors and actresses Musical films Musicals Musical settings Musicals--Librettos Nazis New York (State)--New York Nineteen twenties Parker, Dorothy,--1893-1967 Poetry Poetry Racism Sabotage Short stories Short stories Short stories, American United States Upper class--Moral and ethical aspects Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Women and literature Women authors, American
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Alternative Names
Constant Reader.
Constant Reader, 1893-1967
Parker, Dorothy Rothschild.
Parker, Dorothy Rothschild, 1892-1967
Parker, Dorothy Rothschild, 1893-1967
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