Author, poet, screenwriter and outstanding member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was known for her quick wit, keen observations, and remarkable insight into the human condition. Regarded as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker's work pushes all buttons at once: humor, anger, love, pity and everything in between ... she pulled no punches, writing with pure, unadulterated passion; her work is timeless and as pertinent to today's society as it was to that of the time she wrote.Among the gems included in this collection are her first published short story, "Such a Pretty Little Picture" and her O. Henry Award winner "Big Blonde," several other short stories, and, unlike other audio collections, some of her review work.Includes:Big BlondeReview of Emily Post Dusk before Fireworks Review of RedemptionBut the One on the RightHorsieDiary of a New York LadyThe Game Just a Little OneThe Bolt Behind the BlueValedictory Review Such a Pretty Little PictureLady With a LampThe WaltzCousin LarryA Telephone Call Performed by Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Alfre Woodard, & Shirley Booth

The Dorothy Parker Audio Collection

Literature & Fiction

PARKER, Dorothy

Contemporary

Caedmon

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.

The Collected Dorothy Parker (Twentieth Century Classics)

Humor & Entertainment

Introduction by Brendan Gill

Humor

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have become part of the American literary landscape, but, as this new collection of her complete short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Many of the stories, originally written for magazines, have never been collected before.

Complete Stories

United States

Penguin Classics

PARKER, Dorothy: Ms. Pinchpenny's Book of Kitchen Management. New York, Penguin, 1977. First Edition. Paperback, 374 pp. Subject: Non-Fiction / Cookbooks / Home Economics. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to the covers with a small light damp stain adjacent to the book-spine. Overall moderate toning to pages and covers, but the book is complete and unmarked. Small bump to the lower corner (at the reverse). All-in-all, a nice copy. A witty and entertaining guide to saving money in the kitchen. Includes a wide variety of recipes for the budget - conscious "foody." ISBN: 0140462627

Ms. Pinchpenny's

Penguin??Books

As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker’s talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her 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. 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.

Complete Stories (Penguin Classics)

Humor & Satire

The blackly comic play about the oppressed lives of women in 1950s New York One of literature's leading humorists, Dorothy Parker drew from the dark side of her imagination to pen The Ladies of the Corridor, a searing drama about women living on their own in a New York residence hotel. Loosely based on Parker's life, and co-written with famed Hollywood playwright Arnaud d'Usseau, The Ladies of the Corridor exposes the limitations of a woman's life in a drama teeming with Parker's signature wit. 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 Ladies of the Corridor (Penguin Classics)

D'Usseau, Arnaud

Dramas & Plays

Penguin Publishing Group

Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literay coterie, Dorothy Parker built a reputations as one of the era's most beloved poets. Parker's satirical wit and sharp-edged humour earned her a reputation as the wittiest woman in America. This Penguin Classics edition of her poetry - the companion to Parker's Complete Stories and introduced by her noted biographer, Marion Meade - is the only complete collection available, showcasing the dry quips and piercingly introspective verse of a writer whose legend continues to fascinate. 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.

Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)

Big Blonde and Other Stories

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The Custard Heart

Literary

Penguin/Random House

An anthology of short ironic and satirical poems

The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker

Poetry

Random House, Inc.

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