Two Gentlemen and a Lady

DOROTHY PARKER MEETS LADY AND THE TRAMP: 3 charming dog stories set in 1920s Jazz Age New York--back in print for the first time in decades

Featuring illustrations by America's 1st female editorial cartoonist, whose comics career began before she even had the right to vote!

Dogs may be man's best friend, but every friendship is different. Prepare to revisit the glamorous 1920s Jazz Age of The Great Gatsby and meet Nicholas, a gregarious Airedale Terrier whose arrival in a moneyed Long Island home unleashes complete and total chaos throughout the neighbourhood.

Verdun Belle, the lady of the title, is a silky-eared spaniel whose loyalty--and litter of puppies--rallies an entire American regiment fighting on the Western Front during World War I. Then there's Egon, a very large German Shepherd, accustomed to summering on the Côte d'Azur, and to managing the diaries and daily activities of his human charges, whether they want him to or not. Ranging in tone from urbane irony to poignant sweetness, these are stories to make you smile at the antics of dogs, and guffaw at the even sillier antics of the people who love them.

This delightful collection of 3 stories (The Passing of Nicholas, The Story of Verdun Belle, My Friend Egon) by an Algonquin Round Table wit, rediscovered after decades out of print, shows our canine companions in all their guises: comic, heroic, companionable.

Don't miss this delightful Jazz Age celebration of the eternal affection that exists between man and dog--even the naughtiest dog!

Author: Alexander Woollcott
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 08/26/2025
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781805332749

About the Author
Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) was a radio personality, playwright, actor, drama critic and columnist for The New Yorker, and member of the Algonquin Round Table. Raised in Missouri, he became a fixture of New York society, maintaining friendships with prominent cultural figures from Dorothy Parker to Harpo Marx. Famous in his time for his wit and his distinctive appearance, he was the inspiration for multiple fictional characters, including the flamboyant drama critic Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Edwina Dumm (1893-1990), who went simply by 'Edwina', was the first woman in the United States to make a living as a full-time cartoonist. Beginning her career on a newspaper in her native Ohio, she later moved to New York. A political cartoonist before she had the right to vote, she also drew comic strips and illustrated books and magazines.