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The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Author: Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade (Editor)
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. — For this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers can be sure to find their favorite verse and stories. But a variety of fresh material has also been added to c...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143039532
ISBN-10: 0143039539
Publication Date: 3/28/2006
Pages: 640
Edition: Deluxe
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 11
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...Men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses...just and example of Parker's biting wit. Either you love her or say 'huh?'
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I love Dorothy Parker. She coined the phrase, "Men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses" Its a complete collection of her poems, stories and reviews. She is well worth the read.
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Short stories from an American classic author. Parker is always piercing and witty.
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I didn't know much about Dorothy Parker, besides a few of her famous bon mots, before I picked this book up, but I feel as though I know her much better now. This is not a happy book, but it's a funny book. The short stories in particular are well-told, and tend to run along the common themes of marriages and relationships gone wrong. The poems I found tedious after a while. The play and book reviews are very interesting, and I would have enjoyed reading more of them...Parker seems to have been a very intelligent and insightful reviewer.

The cover art on this Penguin Classics edition adds an extra element of enjoyment--the back cover and flaps are covered with cartoon men and women quoting lines from the stories and poems. This is a terrific collection from a talented but complicated writer.


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