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Gentlemen prefer blondes : the illuminating diary of a professional lady / By Anita Loos ; Intimately Illustrated by Ralph Barton ; Introduction by Jenny McPhee.
- Title
- Gentlemen prefer blondes : the illuminating diary of a professional lady / By Anita Loos ; Intimately Illustrated by Ralph Barton ; Introduction by Jenny McPhee.
- Author
- Loos, Anita, 1893-1981
- Publication
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3523.O557 G4 2014 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxvii, 131 pages : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "This delirious 1925 Jazz Age classic introduced readers to Lorelei Lee, the small-town girl from Little Rock, who has become one of the most timeless characters in American fiction. Outrageous and charming, this not-so-dumb blonde has been portrayed on stage and screen by Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe and has become the archetype of the footloose, good-hearted gold digger (not that she sees herself that way). Masquerading as her diaries, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows Lorelei as she entertains suitors across Europe before returning home to marry a millionaire. In this delightfully droll and witty book, Lorelei's glamorous pragmatism shines, as does Anita Loos's mastery of irony and dialect. A craze in its day and with ageless appeal, this new Liveright edition puts Lorelei back where she belongs: front and center"--provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Humorous fiction
- Diary fiction
- Fiction
- Note
- "Reissued as a Liveright Paperback 1998, 2014."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780871403179 (pbk.)
- 087140317X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2013041284
- OCLC
- 862962149
- SCSB-10820516
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library