{"product_id":"complete-stories-paperback","title":"Complete Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothy Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eColleen Bresse\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Parker\u003c\/b\u003e was born in West End, New Jersey, in 1893 and grew up in New York, attending a Catholic convent school and Miss Dana's School in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1916 she sold some of her poetry to the editor of \u003cb\u003eVogue\u003c\/b\u003e, and was subsequently given an editorial position on the magazine, writing captions for fashion photographs and drawings. She then became drama critic of \u003cb\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/b\u003e and the central figure of the celebrated Algonquin Round Table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamous for her spoken wit, she showed the same trenchant commentary in her book reviews for \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEsquire\u003c\/b\u003e and in her poems and sketches. Her collection of poems included \u003cb\u003eNot So Deep as a Well and Enough Rope\u003c\/b\u003e, which became a bestseller; and her collections of stories included \u003cb\u003eHere Lies\u003c\/b\u003e. She also collaborated with Elmer Rice on a play, \u003cb\u003eClose Harmony\u003c\/b\u003e and with Arnaud d'Usseau on the play the \u003cb\u003eLadies of the Corridor\u003c\/b\u003e. She herself had two Broadway plays written about her and was portrayed as a character in a third. Her cynicism and the concentration of her judgements were famous and she has been closely associated with modern urbane humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer first husband was Edwin Pond Parker II, and although they were divorced some years later, she continued to use his name, which she much preferred to her own of Rothschild. Her second husband was an actor-writer Alan Campbell. They went to Hollywood as a writing team and went through a tempestuous marriage until his death in 1963, when Dorothy Parker returned to New York. She died in 1967.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegina Barreca is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including \u003cb\u003eThe Penguin Book of Women's Humor\u003c\/b\u003e, and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 7.76 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684583313471,"sku":"9780142437216","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/64db4d4758e47468d2156ec48fe1c5ba.webp?v=1764967974","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/complete-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}