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Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos ISBN: 0-87140-170-3 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lorelei will make you laugh!
Comment: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes has long been one of my favorite movies, so I was tickled to discover that it was a magazine serial first. Until I stumbled across the book, I had just assumed that Loos wrote it for the screen.
Lorelei is a beautiful blonde with a conflicting amount of predatory logic, downright dumbness and a deep conviction of her own intelligence. The book is the journal she kept during the few months she was traveling abroad (Mr. Eisman is "educating" her) with her friend Dorothy, who "really does not care about her mind and I always scold her because she does nothing but waste her time by going around with gentlemen who do not have anything".
Mr. Eisman (never called Gus, because "when a gentleman who is as important as Mr. Eisman, spends quite a lot of money education a girl, it really does not show reverence to call a gentleman by his first name") makes the mistake of not going with Lorelei, and so with just Dorothy to chaperone, she makes conquests of kind rich men all across Europe.
Loos has written an amusing story, and though at times I got tired of the purposeful misspellings and grammatical errors, I enjoyed it from beginning to end. The few not-as-interesting parts were completely forgotten as soon as I read another one of Loos' little gems such as "Well, it's been three days since my debut party started but I finally got tired and left the party last night and went to bed because I always seem to lose all of my interest in a party after a few days" or "So, she found a box of liqueur candies that are full of liqueurs and she was really very delighted. So I finally got dressed and she threw the empty box away and I helped her down stairs to the Dining room."
If you've seen the movie, you should definitely read this as it gives a little more depth to Lorelei. If you've not, the book will still be a fun trip back to the 20's where bootleggers, gold diggers and millionaires party side by side.
Rating: 5
Summary: Forget feminism and deep meanings - just enjoy it!
Comment: This book is on my list of all-time favorites, not because of what it may or may not say to or about society (I think if you're going to get that deep about it you're missing out), but because I've read it four or five times and it still makes me laugh out loud. I, too, saw the movie first, and liked it, but the book is fantastic. I love the irony, the misspelled words, the subtle humour that sometimes makes me do a double-take before cracking up (even after four readings I still do this). It's a great book to read if you want to kick off your shoes, hang out on the deck in the sun, and just lose yourself for a few hours in Lorelei's adventures. Gentlemen: it was a male friend who recommended it - I think you guys would get a kick out of it too. Enjoy!
Rating: 3
Summary: Stereotypical Humor
Comment: The novel Gentleman Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos is an entertaining story about Lorelei Lee, a beautiful blonde woman who has every man in the palm of her hands. She is portrayed as a conniving gold digger who can receive diamonds and jewels at the snap of her finger. The journal entries by Lorelei Lee, which make up the novel, make it easier to know Lorelei's character. The saying "dumb blonde" has been a stereotype for as long as I can remember. I was not really sure where the stereotype came from until I read Gentleman Prefer Blondes. It is very humorous in the way that Lorelei is portrayed as a "dumb blonde." There is a lot of irony in the story that makes you wonder who the "dumb" characters really are. The story makes fun of sex in many ways and tries to portray blondes as being unintelligent and brainless, but I think that this novel portrays men as being stupid and foolish. I really admired Lorelei's character because she knew what she wanted and she was very good at getting it. I would recommend this novel to women that enjoy humorous stories about a woman's triumph over men. Gentleman Prefer Blondes was a very good novel, and I really enjoyed reading it.
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Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -and- But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos, Anita but Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Loos ISBN: 0141180692 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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