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  The Collected Dorothy Parker (Paperback) By (author) Dorothy Parker, Introduction by Brendan Gill

  

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  Short Description for The Collected Dorothy ParkerWith 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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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 31 May 2001
  • Format: Paperback 640 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Essays | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Short Stories
  • ISBN 13: 9780141182582 ISBN 10: 014118258X
  • Sales rank: 76,979

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• Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality, for a while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a "masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was "a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack". Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews.