The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Witty Jazz Age Stories of New York Society, Failed Romance, and Biting Modern SatireBy Dorothy Parker
Length9h 56m
About this audiobook
The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker gathers the short fiction of one of America's sharpest observers of modern manners, revealing a world of cocktail parties, failed romances, social performance, and private despair. Written in a style at once glittering and economical, these stories fuse satirical dialogue with psychological acuity, placing Parker within the interwar tradition of urban realism and modernist disillusionment. Beneath the celebrated wit lies a persistent attention to loneliness, gendered expectation, and the emotional costs of sophistication. Dorothy Parker, poet, critic, screenwriter, and founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, wrote from the center of New York's literary and theatrical culture. Her journalism and reviews honed her gift for compression, irony, and devastating comic timing, while her own experiences with fame, romantic disappointment, and social constraint informed the vulnerability beneath her satire. Her fiction reflects both the glamour and the exhaustion of the Jazz Age. This collection is recommended for readers interested in twentieth-century American fiction, feminist literary history, and the art of the short story. Parker's stories remain bracingly contemporary: elegant, merciless, funny, and deeply humane.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length9 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 3, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker (Annotated)
20Little Curtis
2Introduction
21The Little Hours
3Author Biography
22Big Blonde
4Historical Context
23II
5Synopsis (Selection)
24III
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6Arrangement in Black and White
25IV
7The Sexes
26From the Diary of a New York Lady During Days of Horror, Despair, and World Change
8The Wonderful Old Gentleman
27Soldiers of the Republic
9A Telephone Call
28Dusk before Fireworks
10Here We Are
29New York to Detroit
11Lady with a Lamp
30Glory in the Daytime
12Too Bad
31The Last Tea
13II
32Sentiment
14III
33You Were Perfectly Fine
15Mr. Durant
34The Custard Heart
16Just A Little One
35Analysis
17Horsie
36Reflection
18Clothe the Naked
37Memorable Quotes
19The Waltz
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