One of my absolute favourites. Wryly amusing, always looking sideways at ridiculous, pompous attitudes and laughing quietly.
The film was only very loosely based on this, so they shouldn't really be connected in your mind.
If you like PG Woodhouse, you might like to check out Anita Loos, who is a kind of American female spiritual cousin to him.
Having the sequel in the same book is very convenient, as you get to follow Dorothy's journey alongside Lorelei's.
Both of them fight through the impositions by society regarding their age, gender, social class and lack of formal education to triumph over their adversaries and would-be oppressors to achieve their desired goals in life.
And it's so much fun along the way.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) ペーパーバック – イラスト付き, 1998/9/1
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Anita Loos
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“Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good, but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever.”
Anita Loos first published the diaries of the gold-digging blonde Lorelei Lee in the flapper days of 1925, forging a new archetype for the modern world. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows Lorelei and her best friend, Dorothy, from Hollywood to Manhattan to Paris and London, pursued by eager suitors all the while. In “the Central of Europe,” with a new diamond tiara in her handbag, Lorelei meets a traveling American millionaire who just might be the one. She retires her diary, but not for long, because, as she writes in the opening pages of But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, “it is bright ideas that keep the home fires burning, and prevent a divorce from taking all of the bloom off Romance.”
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Anita Loos first published the diaries of the gold-digging blonde Lorelei Lee in the flapper days of 1925, forging a new archetype for the modern world. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows Lorelei and her best friend, Dorothy, from Hollywood to Manhattan to Paris and London, pursued by eager suitors all the while. In “the Central of Europe,” with a new diamond tiara in her handbag, Lorelei meets a traveling American millionaire who just might be the one. She retires her diary, but not for long, because, as she writes in the opening pages of But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, “it is bright ideas that keep the home fires burning, and prevent a divorce from taking all of the bloom off Romance.”
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
- ISBN-100141180692
- ISBN-13978-0141180694
- 版Illustrated
- 出版社Penguin Classics
- 発売日1998/9/1
- 言語英語
- 寸法19.71 x 13.06 x 1.37 cm
- 本の長さ288ページ
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Anita Loos was born in California in 1888. She began writing movie scripts and supplied film scenarios for D.W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks. First published in 1925, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was a best-seller in thirteen languages and was followed by its sequel, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. Anita Loos was the author of the novels A Mouse is Born and No Mother to Guide Her and two volumes of autobiography, A Girl Like I and Kiss Hollywood Good-by. She died in 1981.
Regina Barreca is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including The Penguin Book of Women's Humor, and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Hartford Courant.
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- 出版社 : Penguin Classics; Illustrated版 (1998/9/1)
- 発売日 : 1998/9/1
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 288ページ
- ISBN-10 : 0141180692
- ISBN-13 : 978-0141180694
- 寸法 : 19.71 x 13.06 x 1.37 cm
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Mrs Lamb
5つ星のうち5.0
I prefer this book to almost any other.
2019年2月25日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Cissa
5つ星のうち5.0
Brilliant, funny books, with great background if one wants that. These are CLASSIC novels!
2015年12月3日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
A brilliant, brilliant novel! (And in my opinion far better than "Catcher in the Rye", because Lorelei is an unreliable but likable narrator who does a fine job of navigating expectations to get what she wants in a pretty hostile world, and who is at least as self-centered as Holden but more fun.)
Lorelei Lee has a very distinctive voice. Her blend of "refined" and ignorant is funny at first, but rather touching as one gets into her head. As is her approach to life: while she cites high ideals, she is utterly pragmatic when it comes to actions, to a point where one can only admire the choices made by "a girl like I".
Her BFF, Dorothy- the brunette- is both more seemingly sensible and cynical, but also makes very poor life choices, especially by Lorelei's standards. Dorothy is a welcome snarky voice, though most of the snark sails right over Lorelei's head.
This edition contains "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes", plus a LOT of interesting back-story about the history of the books and their genesis.
It also has illustrations from an early edition, but unfortunately many of them are very muddy in print; I wish they had been cleaned up more.
These were the inspiration for the Marilyn Monroe movie, which was itself the inspiration for the Madonna "Material Girl" video- in which Madonna channels Lorelei for the dance number, and Dorothy for the context. Nicely done!
VERY highly recommended. This ought to be a taught classic.
Lorelei Lee has a very distinctive voice. Her blend of "refined" and ignorant is funny at first, but rather touching as one gets into her head. As is her approach to life: while she cites high ideals, she is utterly pragmatic when it comes to actions, to a point where one can only admire the choices made by "a girl like I".
Her BFF, Dorothy- the brunette- is both more seemingly sensible and cynical, but also makes very poor life choices, especially by Lorelei's standards. Dorothy is a welcome snarky voice, though most of the snark sails right over Lorelei's head.
This edition contains "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes", plus a LOT of interesting back-story about the history of the books and their genesis.
It also has illustrations from an early edition, but unfortunately many of them are very muddy in print; I wish they had been cleaned up more.
These were the inspiration for the Marilyn Monroe movie, which was itself the inspiration for the Madonna "Material Girl" video- in which Madonna channels Lorelei for the dance number, and Dorothy for the context. Nicely done!
VERY highly recommended. This ought to be a taught classic.
Vicki Thayer
5つ星のうち5.0
Required reading for a degree in English Lit
2022年1月22日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Somehow, I managed to take a degree in English Literature (1970s), without ever hearing of Anita Loos. What a shame! Loos is much better and far more fun to read than half the crap I was obliged to wade through. I discovered her by reading a book about Florida, titled, “Bubble in the Sun,” where she was mentioned in passing; specifically, regarding her connection to Wilson Mizner and that she wrote a book called, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” I had seen the movie with Marilyn Monroe, but never knew it came from a book written in the 20s. I’ve since read Loos’ autobiography, “Kiss Hollywood Good-bye,” and it is excellent, as well.
Mrs. N. Artamonova
5つ星のうち5.0
Very good book and the quality is fine - it was ...
2017年7月30日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Very good book and the quality is fine - it was issued some decades ago and slight yellowness of the pages makes this paperback quite noble. Timeless subject. It has some original artwork - when it was the last time I read illustrated book?
Tula
5つ星のうち3.0
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen... Anita Loos
2016年3月10日にドイツでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Der Zustand des Taschenbuches ist gut. Das Englisch ist leicht verständlich, aber der Inhalt war nicht ganz nach meinem Geschmack, ich musste es für unsere English-Reading Gruppe lesen