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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes/But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos
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F. Scott Fitzgerald. J.D. Salinger. Hemingway. All you boring old white guys whose various books about boring white guys are often touted as "the great American novel" - sorry.

You lost to a woman writing about women in the nineteen-effing-twenties.

This book (or two books, really) is so ahead of its time and so funny. I can't believe it came out in 1927. I didn't know women were writing like this in 1927! And being published! And critically acclaimed!

It's rad.

Better than the movie, and I didn't even know the movie was based on a book. (Sorry. Embarrassing. Revoke my bookworm card.)

Bottom line: I know probably this isn't underrated in the Literary Canon...but I'm still going to call it underrated so you read it.


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pre-review

going to take my life's inspiration from this and start calling myself a "professional lady" (when the profession i mean is gold digging)

review to come / 4 stars

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tbr review

i wonder how i'll feel about this book, as someone who does not care what men prefer or do
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July 17, 2019 – Shelved
January 22, 2021 – Started Reading
January 22, 2021 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Ele (new)

Ele One thing I find fairly interesting (and also tragic) is that there actually WERE many female authors in the past - basically just as many as there were men - and most were very popular, it's just that they've been forgotten by history and replaced with the male authors who weren't even popular in there own day. Example - Maria Edgeworth was an extremely popular author during the Regency era, but she's mostly forgotten now (she even wrote an anti-slavery novel!), while John Keats was hated by the one or two people who actually knew he existed but is now hailed as one of the greatest writers of all time.


message 2: by Lindsay (new)

Lindsay This has been on my list for ages, I think you've just encouraged me to bump it up! The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one that shocked me with how modern it is. Her husband's a twat and she just...leaves him!? I didn't know fictional Victorian women could do that (when written about by fellow Victorians)! 😳


emma Ele wrote: "One thing I find fairly interesting (and also tragic) is that there actually WERE many female authors in the past - basically just as many as there were men - and most were very popular, it's just ..."

this is so interesting - and so sad!!


emma Lindsay wrote: "This has been on my list for ages, I think you've just encouraged me to bump it up! The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one that shocked me with how modern it is. Her husband's a twat and she just...lea..."

in turn, you just bumped the tenant of wildfell hall wayyyy up on my list!


message 5: by sophie (new) - added it

sophie Kinda feel embarrassed too that I never knew the movie was based on a book but this sounds SO good! I also can barely think of any female authors of that time which is so sad, I need to do some researching and add some to my list!!


message 6: by Lindsay (new)

Lindsay emma wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "This has been on my list for ages, I think you've just encouraged me to bump it up! The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one that shocked me with how modern it is. Her husband's a twat an..."

Sorry for the spoiler though! 🤦🏻‍♀️


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