by Anita Loos · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140184877
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«Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady» is the satirical novel by Anita Loos, published by Penguin Classics in paperback.
The story is told as the diary of Lorelei Lee, a young woman from Arkansas who travels through Europe with her friend Dorothy Shaw. The narrative uses humour to discuss love, marriage, money, morality and gender roles during the 1920s.
The edition consists of 160 pages in English and belongs to the Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics series.
Corinne Anita Loos was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, her screenplay of the 1939 adaptation of The Women, and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella Gigi.
