The Dorothy Parker Audio Collection

Name: The Dorothy Parker Audio Collection
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780060597894

by Unknown Author

2004CaedmonISBN 9780060597894

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A variety of work from one of the most quotable of all twentieth-century authors―the inimitable Dorothy Parker<br/><br/>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 bewteen…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.<br/>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 work, including her 1918 New Yorker piece on Tolstoy’s play Redemption and a 1927 Vanity Fair review of Emily Post’s Ettiquette.

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Publisher: Caedmon
Published: 2004
ISBN: 9780060597894
Language: en

About Unknown Author

> "I like to have a martini, > Two at the very most. > After three I'm under the table, > after four I'm under my host." > — Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was an American writer and poet, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as [The New Yorker][1] and as a founding member of the [Algonquin Round Table][2]. Following the breakup of that circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist. Parker went through three marriages (two to the same man) and survived several suicide attempts, but grew increasingly dependent on alcohol. Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker". Nevertheless, her literary output and her sparkling wit have endured. See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker [1]: http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?query=dorothy+parker&queryType=nonparsed&submitbtn.x=0&submitbtn.y=0&submitbtn=Submit [2]: http://algonquinroundtable.org/