Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Softcover

Loos, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871401703 ISBN 13: 9780871401700

Publisher: Liveright, 1998

Synopsis

The delirious 1925 Jazz-Age classic that no less an authority than Edith Wharton called "the great American novel."

If any American fictional character of the twentieth century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lorelei Lee of Little Rock, Arkansas, the not-so-dumb blonde who knew that diamonds are a girl's best friend. Outrageous, charming, and unforgettable, she's been portrayed on stage and screen by Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe and has become the archetype of the footloose, good-hearted gold digger, with an insatiable appetite for orchids, champagne, and precious stones. Here are her "diaries," created by Anita Loos in the Roaring Twenties, as Lorelei and her friend Dorothy barrel across Europe meeting everyone from the Prince of Wales to "Doctor Froyd"-and then back home again to marry a Main Line millionaire and become a movie star. In this delightfully droll and witty book, Lorelei Lee's wild antics, unique outlook, and imaginative way with language shine.

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About the Author

Born in California, Anita Loos (1893–1981) was herself a celebrity of the Jazz Age that produced Lorelei Lee. She began writing movie scripts by the time she was twelve, and before her death in 1981 she had written an enormous number of stories, screenplays, and more. She was also the author of an autobiography, A Girl Like I.

Review

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes brings back the durable Lorelei Lee, the 'Little Girl From Little Rock,' whose successful career as a paid companion to gents-usually married-('Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend') has fueled several successful stage musicals and movies...Lorelei tours the world, going from man to man in a lighthearted spoof of 'traditional family values.' -- The Arizona Daily Star, August 1998

It is not often that a great book makes a great movie, but this is the case here: Both are superb....I see from the book's cover that Edith Wharton called Loos's book "the great American novel." that goes a little too far, but I see what she--she, in particular--means. A girl like I thinks it makes an ideal valentine. -- Boston Sunday Globe, Katherine A. Powers, 14 February 1999

It's a pleasure to report that Anita Loos's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is once more in print....The sect to Loos's novel is that it's narrated by Lorelei, a beautiful smart/dumb woman who as at once calculating, strong-willed, and ignorant about anything except her remarkable expertise at Subject A....Lorelei is a calculating monster; [but] she's charming and funny. You might say she gives good value....You won't be sorry. -- Palm Beach Post, Scott Eyman, 15 November 1998

The great American novel. -- Edith Wharton

About this edition

• Publisher: Liveright
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0871401703
• ISBN 13: 9780871401700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216