Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Signature Classics)

by Anita Loos

Overview

The beautiful Lorelei Lee leaves her hometown of Little Rock and takes Europe by storm. Hiding behind a veil of naivete, Lorelei coos, coaxes, and rearranges the pawns of high society until everything works out for the best (read: she marries a millionaire of good moral standing). Along the way, Anita Loos ridicules flapper culture, censorship, the US government, the film industry, racism, chauvinism, consumerism, psychoanalysis and Hollywood. And the book is still laugh-out-loud funny.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435173187
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	09/05/2023
Series:	Signature Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	501,376
File size:	571 KB

About the Author

Anita Loos (1888–1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood. She is best known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella Gigi.

Table of Contents

I. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
II. Fate Keeps on Happening
III. London Is Really Nothing
IV. Paris Is Devine
V. The Central of Europe
VI. Brains Are Really Everything
 

Editorial Reviews

**** Gentlemen prefer blondes is cited in BCL3. It is bound here with Loos' further adventures of Lorelei Lee. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

First published by Liveright in 1925—and now brought back into print by the same house—[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes] will find a new audience to delight, amaze and amuse… Lorelei is a combination of insouciance, innocence and street savvy that is irresistible.

Valerie Ryan - Shelf Awareness

Lorelei Lee’s wide-eyed ditziness is nothing less than a joy forever.

Michael Dirda

The great American novel.

Edith Wharton