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When it comes to expressing the pleasure and pain of being just a touch too smart to be happy, Dorothy Parker is still the champion, after all these years. Along with Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, and the rest of the Algonquin Round Table, she dominated American popular literature in the 1920s and 1930s.
These unabridged selections of more than thirty short stories and poems is essential for any Parker fan and an excellent way for new readers to make the acquaintance of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors, whose memorable lines include: "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B," "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force," and "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." Parker's ability to lay bare the follies, myths, and hypocrisies of her characters in such a wickedly funny-sometimes sad-manner is unmatched, and her attention to language, quirks, and the other little details of life make her stories come vividly to life. Introduction
The Lovely Leave
Arrangement in Black and White
The Sexes
The Standard of Living
Mr. Durant
The Waltz
The Wonderful Old Gentlemen
Song of the Shirt, 1941
Enough Rope
A Telephone Call
Here We Are
Dusk Before Fireworks
You Were Perfectly Fine
Mrs. Hoffstadder on Josephine St.
Soldiers of the Republic
Too Bad
The Last Tea
Big Blonde
Sunset Gun
Just a Little One
Lady with a Lamp
The Little Hours
Horsey
Glory in the Day Time
New York to Detroit
Death and Taxes
The Custard Heart
Diary of a New York Lady, During Days of Horror, Despair, and World Change
Cousin Larry
Little Curtis
Sentiment
Clothe the Naked
War Song
"Mrs. Parker has an eye for people, an ear for language, and a feeling for the little things of life that are so immensely a part of the process of living."
"If ever a book cried out for audio, this is it. Dorothy Parker, one of the wittiest women of the twentieth century, decimated the hypocrisies of her time with the razor-sharp, prolific (if not always pithy) selections of verse, short stories, criticism, song lyrics, and screenplays…The collection, graced by Raver's luminous reading, makes for wonderful listening."
"Dorothy Parker doesn't just reveal the hypocrisies, vanities, myths, and foibles of her characters, she skewers them-in a style that is merciless, wickedly funny, and often sad."
"Raver performs each [selection] brilliantly with a new voice and a fresh perspective."
These unabridged selections of more than thirty short stories and poems is essential for any Parker fan and an excellent way for new readers to make the acquaintance of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors, whose memorable lines include: "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B," "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force," and "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." Parker's ability to lay bare the follies, myths, and hypocrisies of her characters in such a wickedly funny-sometimes sad-manner is unmatched, and her attention to language, quirks, and the other little details of life make her stories come vividly to life. Introduction
The Lovely Leave
Arrangement in Black and White
The Sexes
The Standard of Living
Mr. Durant
The Waltz
The Wonderful Old Gentlemen
Song of the Shirt, 1941
Enough Rope
A Telephone Call
Here We Are
Dusk Before Fireworks
You Were Perfectly Fine
Mrs. Hoffstadder on Josephine St.
Soldiers of the Republic
Too Bad
The Last Tea
Big Blonde
Sunset Gun
Just a Little One
Lady with a Lamp
The Little Hours
Horsey
Glory in the Day Time
New York to Detroit
Death and Taxes
The Custard Heart
Diary of a New York Lady, During Days of Horror, Despair, and World Change
Cousin Larry
Little Curtis
Sentiment
Clothe the Naked
War Song
"Mrs. Parker has an eye for people, an ear for language, and a feeling for the little things of life that are so immensely a part of the process of living."
"If ever a book cried out for audio, this is it. Dorothy Parker, one of the wittiest women of the twentieth century, decimated the hypocrisies of her time with the razor-sharp, prolific (if not always pithy) selections of verse, short stories, criticism, song lyrics, and screenplays…The collection, graced by Raver's luminous reading, makes for wonderful listening."
"Dorothy Parker doesn't just reveal the hypocrisies, vanities, myths, and foibles of her characters, she skewers them-in a style that is merciless, wickedly funny, and often sad."
"Raver performs each [selection] brilliantly with a new voice and a fresh perspective."