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I was hoping for something a little more substantial from the description of this book, which turned out to be a slim volume at best. I was searching for some compendium of the Algonquin wits, and this was I'm afraid, about it! It is not without some merit, however dissappointing the selections are (small snippets - more anecdotal than anything else - representing the range of most of the members of the Round Table). It does offer a decent over-view of the prime members of the club with some literary tastes of their various and varying works. The playwrights are not that well represented, but some of the lesser know news reporters are. An appetizer waiting for a delicious feast to be compiled someday.
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If you are acquainted with the writings and personalities of Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott and other distinguished wits who lunched in the '30s and early '40s at their special table in New York's Algonquin Hotel, you will especially relish this small but golden collection of their sophisticated one-liners - mostly barbed put-downs. But even if those names are unfamiliar to you, I think you'll enjoy this book if you appreciate sophisticated repartee. Incidentally, one member of the select group was Harpo Marx, who never uttered a word while performing as the zaniest of the Marx Brothers. A couple of Harpo's sallies are included in this delightful compilation.
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The Algonquin Wits,
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The Algonquin Wits: Bon Mots, Wisecracks, Epigrams and GagsI have had a copy of this book for many, may years and bought more for friends...We sit and read excerpts and howl...what a classic group of wits all of the table occupants were. Dorothy Parker was the best of all.
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New York, Dorothy Parker, Round Table, Miss Ferber, Aleck Woollcott, Alexander Woollcott, Beatrice Kaufman, Harold Ross, Heywood Broun, Edna Ferber, Harpo Marx, Robert Sherwood, George Kaufman, Marx Brothers, Robert Benchley, Vanity Fair, Frank Case, Herbert Bayard Swope, Moss Hart, Tallulah Bankhead, White House, Wit's End, Abe Lincoln, Abie's Irish Rose, Alan Campbell New!
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New York, Dorothy Parker, Round Table, Miss Ferber, Aleck Woollcott, Alexander Woollcott, Beatrice Kaufman, Harold Ross, Heywood Broun, Edna Ferber, Harpo Marx, Robert Sherwood, George Kaufman, Marx Brothers, Robert Benchley, Vanity Fair, Frank Case, Herbert Bayard Swope, Moss Hart, Tallulah Bankhead, White House, Wit's End, Abe Lincoln, Abie's Irish Rose, Alan Campbell New!
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- The Algonquin Wits by Robert E. Drennan on 23 pages
- The Big Town by Ring, Jr. Lardner on page 101, page 102, and Back Matter
- Letters of Alexander Woollcott by Alexander Woollcott in Front Matter, page 139, and Back Matter
- Of All Things! (Common Reader Editions) by Robert Benchley on page 41, and Back Matter
- The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman on page 154, and Back Matter
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- Making Love Modern: The Intimate Public Worlds of New York's Literary Women by Nina Miller in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Game of Words by Willard Espy on page 257, and page 258
- Dorothy Parker: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in American Literature) by Randall Calhoun on page 101
- Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker in Front Matter
- Car Living: How to Make It a Successful, Sane, Safe Experience by a Jane Archer on page 35
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