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The Portable Dorothy Parker

by Dorothy Parker · 1944 · 610 pages

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This collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors.

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Genre
humorliterary fictionsatire
Themes
feminismwomenjournalists
Setting
1940s
Subject
biographyliterary criticism
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 610 pages
Form
poetryshort storiesessays

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