"Far from Well"
Book review
By: Dorothy Parker
Date: October 20, 1928
Source: Parker, Dorothy. Constant Reader. New York: Viking Press, 1970. (A reprint of The New Yorker review).
About the Author: Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) began her literary career writing reviews and fashion captions for magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair. She was once fired for writing a particularly sarcastic theater review. Parker was a core member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, a group of literary types famous for their witty verbal exchanges. Parker also wrote short stories, poetry, and plays. She was a bitter, self-destructive character. Despite two (unsuccessful) suicide attempts, she outlived most of her harddrinking peers.
Introduction
In 1919, Dorothy Parker and other literary and theater types began to meet for informal lunches at the Algonquin Hotel in...
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