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ENOUGH ROPE - DOROTHY PARKER TASCHENBUCH

Now available as a stand-alone edition  the famous humorist's debut collection-a runaway
bestseller in 1926-ranges from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire  all the
while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about relations between men and women.  Known as
the wittiest woman in America and a founder of the fabled Algonquin Round Table  Dorothy Parker
was also one of the Jazz Age's most beloved poets. Her verbal dexterity and cynical humor were
on full display in the many poems she published in Vanity Fair  The New Yorker  and Life and
collected in her first book in 1926. The poems in Enough Rope range from lighthearted
self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire  all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés
about the relations between men and women.   Unfortunate Coincidence By the time you swear
you're his   Shivering and sighing  And he vows his passion is  Infinite  undying- Lady  make a
note of this:  One of you is lying.

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