# The Collected Dorothy Parker

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- Authors: [Dorothy Parker](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-parker)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-258-2
- Pages: 640
- Published: 2001-05-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality, for a while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a " masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was " a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack". Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews.