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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.

Book Details

Publisher:
Penguin Classics
ISBN:
9780143106081
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
432
Authors:
Dorothy Parker
Published Date:
2010-04-06
Language:
English

About Dorothy Parker

A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and worked as a poet, short-story writer, drama critic, and screenwriter. Her poetry collections Enough Rope (Boni and Liveright, 1926) and Sunset Gun (Boni and Liveright, 1928) were bestsellers, and a third collection, Death and Taxes, followed in 1931. She was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay, for A Star Is Born (1937) and Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947). Her work appeared regularly in The New Yorker.

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