![]() ![]() A monstrous bestseller in the years after its publication in 1925 (the inspiration for a hit Broadway show starring Carol Channing in 1949, and several movie versions - most famously, the 1953 Howard Hawks film starring Marilyn Monroe), the book seems dated and labored today. Written in diary form, the story closely imitates a gold-digger/flapper's voice and diction ("I sold a red baloon to Harry Lauder the famous Scotch gentleman who is the famous Scotch tenor for 20 pounds"). ![]() With her girlfriend Dorothy Shaw, who is even dumber and more loud of mouth, Lorelei gets into and out of more scrapes and close calls (but holds onto bracelets and gifts and a diamond tiara) than you can shake a stick at. Lorelei Lee is "just a simple girl from Little Rock, Arkansas" who manages to charm the world (or at least a significant portion of the wealthy male population in New York, London, Paris, Vienna, and "Buda Pest") in her search for diamonds, money, male companionship - and, oh, incidentally, opportunities to improve her brains. ![]()
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