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- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger named Lorelei Lee "in the bathtub-gin era of American history." Published the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Carl Van Vechten's Firecrackers, the work is one of several famous 1925 American novels which focus upon the insouciant hedonism of the Jazz Age. Originally serialized as a series of short sketches in Harper's Bazaar magazine during the spring and summer of 1925, Loos' sketches were republished in book form by Boni & Liveright in November 1925. Although dismissed by literary critics as "too light in texture to be very enduring," the book garnered the praise of many writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, William Faulkner, and H. G. Wells. Edith Wharton hailed Loos' satirical work as "the great American novel" as the character of Lorelei Lee embodied the avarice and self-indulgence that characterized 1920s America during the presidencies of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Loos' lighthearted book became the second-best selling title of 1926 in the United States and a runaway international bestseller. It was printed throughout the world in over thirteen different languages, including Russian and Chinese. By the time Loos died of a heart attack in 1981 at the age of 93, the work had been printed in over 85 editions and adapted into a 1926 comic strip, a 1926 silent comedy, a 1949 Broadway musical, and a 1953 film adaptation of the latter musical. Loos wrote a sequel, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, in 1927. Decades later, Loos was asked during a television interview whether she intended to write a third book. She facetiously replied that the title and theme of a third book would be Gentlemen Prefer Gentlemen. This quip resulted in the interview's termination. (en)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) adalah sebuah yang ditulis oleh penulis Amerika Anita Loos. Cerita tersebut kebanyakan berfokus pada petualangan dan romansa dari gadis pirang muda di Kota New York dan Eropa. (in)
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- A black and white sketch of Lorelei and Dorothy standing near a Paris monument. They are attired like stereotypical flappers in cloche hats and furs. (en)
- A photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald sitting at a desk. (en)
- A black and white sketch of Lorelei and Dorothy confronted by an ogre-like Lady Beekman in their Paris hotel room. (en)
- Photographic portrait of Anita Loos (en)
- Photographic portrait of H. L. Mencken (en)
- The orange book cover of the 1926 edition featuring a blonde flapper admired by many unattractive men. (en)
- A photograph of actress June Walker in profile with long auburn hair. (en)
- A photograph of actress Edna Hibbard in a black hat and black dress. (en)
- A photograph of writer William Faulkner dressed in a suit and seated in a chair. (en)
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- Cover of the 1926 edition (en)
- Lorelei and Dorothy are confronted by Lady Beekman who demands the return of her tiara. (en)
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- Showgirl Lillian Lorraine inspired the character of Lorelei Lee. (en)
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- Anita Loos's jealousy over H. L. Mencken's flirtations with young blonde showgirls purportedly inspired the story. (en)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner both praised Loos' satirical novel. (en)
- June Walker portrayed Lorelei and Edna Hibbard portrayed Dorothy in the 1926 play. (en)
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- Ralph Barton 1925 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Illustration Cotys.jpg (en)
- Ralph Barton 1925 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Illustration Lady Beekman.jpg (en)
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- "I have just read the Blonde book.... Please accept my envious congratulations on [the character of] Dorothy.... My God, it's charming.... I am still rather Victorian in my prejudices regarding the intelligence of women, despite Elinor Wylie and Willa Cather and all the balance of them. But I wish I had thought of Dorothy first." (en)
- "[I am] now reading the great American novel and I want to know if there are—or will be—others and if you know the young woman, who must be a genius." (en)
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- —Edith Wharton, postcard to Frank Crowninshield (en)
- —William Faulkner, letter to Anita Loos (en)
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- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) adalah sebuah yang ditulis oleh penulis Amerika Anita Loos. Cerita tersebut kebanyakan berfokus pada petualangan dan romansa dari gadis pirang muda di Kota New York dan Eropa. (in)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger named Lorelei Lee "in the bathtub-gin era of American history." Published the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Carl Van Vechten's Firecrackers, the work is one of several famous 1925 American novels which focus upon the insouciant hedonism of the Jazz Age. (en)
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