The Devil Wears Prada (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Lauren Weisberger
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1999-2002
- Setting: Manhattan
- Principal Characters: Miranda Priestly, Andrea Sachs, Alex, Lily, Christian Collinsworth, Eduardo
- Genres: Long fiction, Novel
- Subjects: New York, Twentieth century, New York City, Twenty-first century, Friendship, Class consciousness, Upper classes, Women, Publishing or publishers, Fame, Business or business people, Fashion, Morality or morals, Career women, Vanity
- Locales: Manhattan, NY
Largely viewed as a thinly veiled, satiric depiction of the author’s year as a personal assistant to Vogue magazine’s celebrated editor Anna Wintour, The Devil Wears Prada is essentially a two-character novel that pits a powerful woman boss against her resentful personal assistant, also a woman. The devil of the title is Miranda Priestly, the most influential woman in the fashion world and prominent editor of the major fashion magazine here called Runway. Despite the fact that Miranda is a moral monster, she is nevertheless the life and soul of the narrative. A...
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