Dorothy Parker - Complete Stories

Complete Stories is the collection of short stories by Dorothy Parker. It was published in 1995.^[1] It has an introduction by American professor and humorist Regina Barreca that brings up the conflicts between Parker and her critics.

The short stories generally deal with ordinary people's lives and their struggles in a satirical, humorous way.

Table of contents

1. Such a pretty little picture
2. Too bad
3. Mr. Durant
4. A certain lady
5. The wonderful old gentleman
6. Dialogue at three in the morning
7. The last tea
8. Oh! He's charming! --Travelogue
9. Little Curtis
10. The sexes
11. Arrangement in black and white
12. A telephone call — A terrible day tomorrow
13. Just a little one
14. The mantle of Whistler
15. The garter
16. New York to Detroit
17. Big blonde
18. You were perfectly fine
19. The cradle of civilization
20. But the one on the right
21. Here we are
22. Lady with a lamp
23. Dusk before fireworks
24. A young woman in green lace
25. Horsie
26. Advice to the little Peyton girl
27. From the diary of a New York lady
28. Sentiment
29. Mrs. Carrington and Mrs. Crane
30. The little hours
31. The Waltz
32. The road home
33. Glory in the daytime
34. Cousin Larry
35. Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street
36. Clothe the naked
37. Soldiers of the republic
38. The custard heart
39. Song of the shirt, 1941
40. The standard of living
41. The lovely leave
42. The game
43. I live on your visits
44. Lolita
45. The banquet of crow
46. The bolt behind the blue
47. Our Tuesday Club
48. As the spirit moves
49. A dinner party anthology
50. A summer hotel anthology
51. An apartment house anthology
52. Men I'm not married to
53. Welcome home
54. Our own crowd
55. Professional youth

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References

Sources

• Americanpoems.com
• Powell's Books
• Poets.org
• Dorothy Parker: Complete Stories