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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Anita Loos

Novels & StoriesEnglish
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Lorelei Lee, a pretty blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, keeps a diary of her adventures, written with dreadful spelling and a perfect head for business…

Catalogue details

Author
Anita Loos
Category
Novels & Stories
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

Lorelei Lee, a pretty blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, keeps a diary of her adventures, written with dreadful spelling and a perfect head for business. Supported by Gus Eisman, the 'Button King' of Chicago, she sails to Europe with her sharp-tongued friend Dorothy, and in London, Paris and Vienna collects diamonds from gentlemen, outwits a pair of French swindlers and meets 'Dr Froyd', who finds she has no inhibitions, all the while claiming to be a girl who wants to improve her mind.

Context and significance

Anita Loos (1889–1981), a Hollywood screenwriter, published the comic novel in 1925, and it was a huge best-seller, admired by readers as different as James Joyce and Edith Wharton. The 1953 film with Marilyn Monroe made 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' famous. Compare The Diary of a Nobody.

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