Complete Stories by Parker, Dorothy
Complete Stories by Parker, Dorothy

Complete Stories

The complete collection of short stories from one of the 20th century's wittiest writers Dorothy Parker's talents...
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Complete Stories by Parker, Dorothy

Complete Stories

$30.68
Complete Stories by Parker, Dorothy

Complete Stories

$30.68
Author: Dorothy Parker
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The complete collection of short stories from one of the 20th century's wittiest writers

Dorothy Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. This collection of 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.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Dorothy Parker
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 12/31/2002
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.06w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780142437216
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Dorothy Parker was born in West End, New Jersey, in 1893 and grew up in New York, attending a Catholic convent school and Miss Dana's School in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1916 she sold some of her poetry to the editor of Vogue, and was subsequently given an editorial position on the magazine, writing captions for fashion photographs and drawings. She then became drama critic of Vanity Fair and the central figure of the celebrated Algonquin Round Table.

Famous for her spoken wit, she showed the same trenchant commentary in her book reviews for The New Yorker and Esquire and in her poems and sketches. Her collection of poems included Not So Deep as a Well and Enough Rope, which became a bestseller; and her collections of stories included Here Lies. She also collaborated with Elmer Rice on a play, Close Harmony and with Arnaud d'Usseau on the play the Ladies of the Corridor. She herself had two Broadway plays written about her and was portrayed as a character in a third. Her cynicism and the concentration of her judgements were famous and she has been closely associated with modern urbane humour.

Her first husband was Edwin Pond Parker II, and although they were divorced some years later, she continued to use his name, which she much preferred to her own of Rothschild. Her second husband was an actor-writer Alan Campbell. They went to Hollywood as a writing team and went through a tempestuous marriage until his death in 1963, when Dorothy Parker returned to New York. She died in 1967.

Regina Barreca is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including The Penguin Book of Women's Humor, and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Hartford Courant.


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