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    Parker: Selected Stories
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    Parker: Selected Stories

    Written by Dorothy Parker

    Narrated by Elaine Stritch

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    About this audiobook

    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. The following stories are featured in this collection:

    • Big Blond
    • Too BadThe Song Of The Shirt
    • Mr. Durant
    • From The Diary Of A New York Lady
    • The Standard Of Living
    • The Garter
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 21, 2018
    ISBN9781984885692
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    Parker: Selected Stories
    Author

    Dorothy Parker

    Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) wrote short stories for The New Yorker for 30 years. She was married to Edwin Pond Parker II, once, and to Alan Campbell, twice. Upon her death she left her estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She also provided that in the event of his death, her estate would pass on to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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    • 5/5
      Perfect stories read by the perfect actress for them. It is the world of wealthy white upper middle class where people of course have maids who cook for them, and where others work for very little but dream of being rich. It is 1924, and 1933, and 1941, and The New Yorker is a new and distinctive voice. Dorothy Parker very much helped define that voice and Elaine Stritch brings it back to life.
    • 5/5
      This is not classic Parker wit. It’s more social commentary with irony. I enjoyed the insight into the period and the inner logic expressed by the protagonists. Only comment is that there is no pause in the audio between stories so it took me a few moments to figure out that we were into a new chapter. I liked the readers speaking voice. I thought it was appropriate to the text.