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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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Details

Additional Authors

• Barton, Ralph, 1891-1931
• McPhee, Jenny

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.

Subject

• Man-woman relationships > Fiction
• Millionaires > Fiction
• Young women > Fiction

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