Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Anita Loos

Overview

Set during the Roaring Twenties, this witty social satire of the Jazz Age was a runaway bestseller in 1925. Written in diary form, the story follows the escapades of gold-digging flapper Lorelei Lee and her best friend, Dorothy, from New York to Europe. Inspired by literary critic H. L. Mencken's awestruck reaction to a beautiful blonde woman, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was originally written by Hollywood silent-era screenwriter Anita Loos as a series of short stories in Harper's Bazaar. The book has inspired many adaptations for stage and screen, its most famous being the 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe, in which she sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486850733
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	12/14/2022
Series:	Dover Literature: Humor
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

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.

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

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

Michael Dirda

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

The great American novel.

Edith Wharton