Complete stories

Complete stories / Dorothy Parker ; edited by Colleen Breese ; with an introduction by Regina Barreca.

Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have become part of the American literary landscape, but, as this collection of her complete short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that...

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Main Author: Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967
Other Authors: Breese, Colleen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 1995.
Series:Penguin twentieth-century classics.
Penguin classics.
Subjects:
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Short stories.
Fiction.
Uniform Title:Short stories

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