{"product_id":"gentlemen-prefer-blondes-and-but-gentlemen-marry-brunettes-paperback","title":"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnita Loos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Barton\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good, but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBut Gentlemen Marry Brunettes\u003c\/i\u003e, \"it is bright ideas that keep the home fires burning, and prevent a divorce from taking all of the bloom off Romance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnita Loos\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003cb\u003eGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u003c\/b\u003e was a best-seller in thirteen languages and was followed by its sequel, \u003cb\u003eBut Gentlemen Marry Brunettes\u003c\/b\u003e. Anita Loos was the author of the novels \u003cb\u003eA Mouse is Born\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNo Mother to Guide Her\u003c\/b\u003e and two volumes of autobiography, \u003cb\u003eA Girl Like I\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKiss Hollywood Good-by\u003c\/b\u003e. She died in 1981.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including \u003cb\u003eThe Penguin Book of Women's Humor\u003c\/b\u003e, and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.76 x 5.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753733652768,"sku":"9780141180694","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6edf5c33ab556028b793ab751abf19cc.webp?v=1780026469","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-and-but-gentlemen-marry-brunettes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}