Dorothy Parker - Böcker

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 ...

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Livets nedrigheter, kärlekssorg och dödslängtan, sällan har det existentiella tungsinnet förvaltats med sådan lätthet och elegans som i Dorothy Parkers ¿poesi. På ömsom jazzande, ömsom raglande versfötter dansar sig dikterna genom den unga 1920-ta...

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With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle.

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As this complete collection of her 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 d...

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One of the foremost humorists in literature, Dorothy Parker drew from the dark side of her imagination to pen "The Ladies of the Corridor". Loosely based on Parker's life, it is a searing drama about women living on their own in a New Yo...

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Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literay coterie, Dorothy Parker built a reputations as one of the era's most beloved poets. Parker's satirical wit and sharp-edged humour earned her a reputati...

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'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.' Wise-cracking and heartbreaking, these tales of women on the edge by the legendary wit Dorothy Parker show the darkness beneath the surface of the Jazz Age. Penguin...

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about woman of the decad...

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about woman of the decadent 19...

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What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you. Ill see you in hell first. Why, thank you, Id like to awfully, but Im having labor pains. Acerbic, pithy and vibrant, Dorothy Parkers writings captu...

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A Vintage Classics reissue of the famous humorist's debut collection-a runaway bestseller in 1926-not otherwise in print as a stand-alone edition. Known as the wittiest woman in America and a founder of the fabled Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Pa...

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An irresistible hardcover collection of the famous humorist's poems that range from lighthearted satire to gleeful dark comedy One of the Jazz Age's most beloved poets, Dorothy Parker earned her reputation as the wittiest woman in America with her...

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A little known, rediscovered letter:  an SOS from a woman trapped on a Swiss mountaintop in a TB colony with no idea how to escape—that woman being Dorothy Parker.“Kids, I have started one thousand (1,000) letters to you, but they...

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As attested to by scholars from Macaulay via Virginia Woolf to more recent critics, the letters of Dorothy Osborne (b. 1627) are not only the most elegant, but are also the most consistently readable in the language. In this revised and updated ed...

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The best of modern American drama is represented in the seventeen essays of this collection. They explore the works of four of the most celebrated playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams, Arthur miller, Edward Albee, and Sam Shepa...

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One of the foremost Native American intellectuals of his generation (1904-77), D'Arcy McNickle is best known today for the American Indian history center that carries his name at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and for his novels, The Surrou...

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As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy 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 uncer...

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A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York City writers, critics, and actors, Dorothy Parker rose to literary fame during the first part of the 20th century. An accomplished poet, writer, critic, satirist, playwright, and ...

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The best of modern American drama is represented in the seventeen essays of this collection. They explore the works of four of the most celebrated playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams, Arthur miller, Edward Albee, and Sam Shepa...

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Dorothy Parker holds a place in history as one of New York’s most beloved writers. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, the public is invited to enjoy Mrs. Parker’s sharp wit and biting commentary on the Jazz Age hits and flops...

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Dorothy Parker holds a place in history as one of New Yorks most beloved writers. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, the public is invited to enjoy Mrs. Parkers sharp wit and biting commentary on the Jazz Age hits and flops in this first...

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Dorothy Parker holds a place in history as one of New York’s most beloved writers. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, the public is invited to enjoy Mrs. Parker’s sharp wit and biting commentary on the Jazz Age hits and flops...

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In Men I'm not Married To Dorothy Parker's famous wit is on full display as she describes nine men that she did not marry. Some of the descriptions are long and involved others are but a single line such as ';Lloyd wears washable neckties.'

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In Men I'm not Married To Dorothy Parker's famous wit is on full display as she describes nine men that she did not marry. Some of the descriptions are long and involved others are but a single line such as "e;Lloyd wears washable neckties.&qu...

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In Men I’m not Married To Dorothy Parker’s famous wit is on full display as she describes nine men that she did not marry. Some of the descriptions are long and involved others are but a single line such as “Lloyd wears washable ...

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