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Books with title The Portable Dorothy Parker

  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade

    Paperback (Penguin Classics, March 28, 2006)
    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. In this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers will be sure to find their favorite verse and stories. But a variety of fresh material has also been added to create a fuller, more authentic picture of her life's work. At the heart of her serious work lie her political writings dealing with race, labor, and international politics. "A Dorothy Parker Sampler" blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down. The introduction of two new sections is intended to provide the richest possible sense of Parker herself. "Self-Portrait" reprints an interview she did in 1956 with The Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations ("Writers at Work") conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. "Letters: 1905-1962," which might be subtitled "Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored," presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe. Features an introduction by Marion Meade and cover illustrations by renowned graphic artist Seth, creator of the comic series Palooka-ville For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents 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.
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker, Brendan Gill

    Paperback (Penguin Books, Dec. 9, 1976)
    Stories, poems, articles, and reviews by the American humorist reveal the range of her wit and satire
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker, Brendan Gill, W. Somerset Maugham

    Hardcover (Viking, Dec. 7, 1985)
    Complete with two volumes of short stories and three of poetry, plus play reviews, uncollected articles, later stories, book reviews, and an afterword by W. Somerset Maugham, with an Introduction by Brendan Gill.
  • Dorothy Parker

    Marion Meade, Grace Conlin, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

    Audible Audiobook (Blackstone Audio, Inc., Dec. 1, 2006)
    She was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories. But there was another side to Dorothy Parker, a private life set on a course of destruction. She suffered through two divorces, a string of painful affairs, a lifelong problem with alcohol, and several suicide attempts. In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the dark side of Parker and her days of wicked wittiness at the Algonquin Round Table and in Hollywood.
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker

    Paperback (Viking Press New York, Jan. 1, 1944)
    The collected stories and poems of one of the most beguiling and witty of moderns, including her two short-story volumes "Laments for the Living" and "After Such Pleasures" and her three volumes of poetry ("Enough Rope," "Sunset Gun" and "Death and Taxes"), plus others not previously collected.
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    The Viking Portable Library

    Paperback (Penguin Books, March 15, 1981)
    1994, Paperback, 272 pages
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    Brendan Gill, Dorothy Parker

    Hardcover (Viking Adult, Jan. 25, 1973)
    Book is used and has been withdrawn from service from a Library. Book has a Library Binding and the usual Library Stamps, Stickers, Card Holder, Library Markings. May or May Not have a Dust Jacket.
  • Portable Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker

    Mass Market Paperback (Viking Books, March 15, 1973)
    Portable Dorothy Parker [mass_market] Parker, Dorothy [Jan 01, 1973]
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker: 2

    Dorothy Parker, Brendan Gill

    Hardcover (Viking Adult, Jan. 25, 1973)
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  • Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy ; Colleen Breese Parker

    Paperback (Penguin Books, March 15, 1999)
    PENGUIN PAPERBACK. ISBN 0141180226. OUT OF PRINT
  • Dorothy Parker

    Marion Meade, Grace Conlin

    MP3 CD (Blackstone on Brilliance Audio, Aug. 7, 2018)
    She was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories. But there was another side of Dorothy Parker: a private life set on a course of destruction through two divorces, a string of painful affairs, a lifelong problem with alcohol, and several suicide attempts.In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both sides of the fascinating Parker: her dark days, as well as her days in the sun at the Algonquin Round Table with Robert Benchley, George Kaufman, and Harold Ross and in Hollywood with S. J. Perelman, William Faulkner, and Lillian Hellman. At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker.
  • The Portable Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker

    Hardcover (Viking Adult, Jan. 16, 1956)
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