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A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here is the famous short poem "News Item": Men seldom make passes - At girls who wear glasses. - Summary by mleigh (1 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Threnody

1:11

Read by Larry Wilson

The Small Hours

0:53

Read by Stefan Von Blon

The False Friends

1:21

Read by Stefan Von Blon

The Trifler

1:28

Read by Tomas Peter

A Very Short Song

0:50

Read by Stefan Von Blon

A Well-Worn Story

1:19

Read by Ricardo Flores

Convalescent

1:28

Read by Chris Archer

The Dark Girl's Rhyme

1:38

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Epitaph

1:02

Read by Larry Wilson

Light of Love

1:01

Read by Chris Archer

Wail

0:43

Read by Chris Archer

The Satin Dress

1:32

Read by Chris Archer

Somebody's Song

1:25

Read by Chris Archer

Anecdote

0:35

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Braggart

1:11

Read by Tomas Peter

Epitaph for a Darling Lady

0:51

Read by Chris Archer

To a Much Too Unfortunate Lady

1:27

Read by Ricardo Flores

Paths

0:50

Read by JaredG

Hearthside

1:17

Read by Larry Wilson

The New Love

0:54

Read by Lucy Kim

Rainy Night

2:20

Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon

For a Sad Lady

0:33

Read by Lucy Kim

Recurrence

1:00

Read by Chris Pyle

Story of Mrs. W——

1:09

Read by Chris Pyle

The Dramatists

1:03

Read by Tomas Peter

August

1:00

Read by Larry Wilson

The White Lady

0:54

Read by Lee Vogler

I Know I Have Been Happiest

1:12

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Testament

1:05

Read by VO Gal

"I Shall Come Back"

1:03

Read by czandra

Condolence

1:11

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Immortals

1:15

Read by Bruce Kachuk

A Portrait

1:14

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Portrait of the Artist

0:53

Read by Dani H

Chant for Dark Hours

1:18

Read by Dani H

Unfortunate Coincidence

0:28

Read by Lee Vogler

Verse Reporting Late Arrival at a Conclusion

1:07

Read by Tomas Peter

Inventory

0:47

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Now at Liberty

1:28

Read by Seraphina

Comment

0:32

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Plea

1:45

Read by Ricardo Flores

Pattern

0:54

Read by Ricardo Flores

De Profundis

0:55

Read by czandra

They Part

0:40

Read by J. E. Holt

Ballade of a Great Weariness

1:55

Read by Tomas Peter

Résumé

0:30

Read by Lee Vogler

Renunciation

0:44

Read by AzaseahRose

Day-Dreams

1:26

Read by Hope

The Veteran

1:03

Read by Larry Wilson

Prophetic Soul

0:31

Read by Tomas Peter

Verse for a Certain Dog

1:52

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Folk Tune

1:00

Read by Jennifer Shipon

Godspeed

0:33

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Song of Perfect Propriety

2:00

Read by mleigh

Social Note

0:32

Read by JaredG

One Perfect Rose

0:52

Read by quartertone

Ballade at Thirty-five

1:53

Read by Louise Poulsom

The Thin Edge

0:33

Read by quartertone

Spring Song

1:19

Read by Jaji Evans

Love Song

1:38

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Indian Summer

0:45

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Philosophy

0:31

Read by Tomas Peter

For an Unknown Lady

1:03

Read by quartertone

The Leal

0:37

Read by Chris Pyle

Finis

0:55

Read by J. E. Holt

Words of Comfort to be Scratched on a Mirror

0:32

Read by quartertone

Men

0:44

Read by Lee Vogler

News Item

0:27

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Song of One of the Girls

0:54

Read by quartertone

Lullaby

1:42

Read by J. E. Holt

Faut de Mieux

0:30

Read by Tomas Peter

Roundel

0:49

Read by VO Gal

A Certain Lady

1:33

Read by Lee Vogler

Observation

0:33

Read by Lee Vogler

Symptom Recital

1:21

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Fighting Words

0:39

Read by Hope

Rondeau Redoublé

1:50

Read by Tomas Peter

Autobiography

0:23

Read by Lee Vogler

The Choice

1:14

Read by De Anna Lee

Ballade of Big Plans

1:54

Read by Jennifer Shipon

General Review of the Sex Situation

0:40

Read by De Anna Lee

Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom

1:14

Read by April6090

Pictures in the Smoke

0:33

Read by April6090

Biographies

3:45

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Nocturne

1:08

Read by Tomas Peter

Interview

0:39

Read by Lee Vogler

Song in a Minor Key

1:06

Read by De Anna Lee

Experience

0:28

Read by czandra

Neither Bloody Nor Bowed

0:43

Read by Larry Wilson

The Burned Child

1:17

Read by mleigh