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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flapper named Lorelei Lee "in the bathtub-gin era of American history."
Jan 5, 2021 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “The Great American Novel (at last!)” by Hollywood’s first female scriptwriter, and the basis for the movie starring Marilyn Monroe (Edith Wharton). Meet 1920s...
Jul 15, 2020 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos, subtitled The Intimate Diary or a Professional Lady, published in 1925, popularized the unfortunate tropes of “dumb blonde” and ruthless gold-digger in the character of Lorelei Lee.
Aug 17, 1998 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Anita Loos. W. W. Norton & Company, Aug 17, 1998 - Fiction - 216 pages. The delirious 1925 Jazz-Age classic that no less an authority than Edith Wharton called "the...
Masquerading as her diaries, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows Lorelei as she entertains suitors across Europe before returning home to marry a millionaire. In this...
Dec 14, 2022 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Anita Loos. Courier Dover Publications, Dec 14, 2022 - Fiction - 112 pages. "The Great American Novel"— Edith Wharton. Set during the Roaring Twenties, this witty...
Named one of the 100 Best Novels Ever Written in English ( The Guardian ) Loos’s classic tale shows that questions of women and power—more relevant today than ever—can come in the most alluring of packages. , Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Anita Loos, Jenny McPhee, 9780871403179
