'The young man with the scenic cravat glanced nervously down the sofa at the girl in the fringed dress. She was examining her handkerchief; it might have been the first one of its kind she had seen, so deep was her interest in its material, form, and possibilities.'
Dorothy Parker captured early twentieth century American society like no one else could. She was a masterful observer of character, a witty, sharply exact composer of dialogue and a poignant reader of the subtleties of relationship. In these five stories, of relationships strained by ill-will, social distance or circumstance, all her strengths are clear.
This book includes The Sexes, The Lovely Leave, The Little Hours, Glory in the Daytime and Lolita.
- ISBN10 014119619X
- ISBN13 9780141196190
- Publish Date 15 February 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 January 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Classics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English