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Parker: Selected Stories

by Dorothy Parker · 1995

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Parker's quips and light verse have become embedded in the American literary landscape. In these selected stories is the chance to draw on her insight into the social and emotional realities of life. 2 cassettes.

Genre
humor
Setting
1990s
Audience
adult
Form
short stories

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