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    <body><![CDATA[These three are Dorothy Parker's best stories, and Big Blonde the best of the three--the sadness you hear in Twenties blues, the mockery of the clarinet, the bitter mouthful of the flippant line, it's all here. Love this Penguin series--it's the bite that tempts you deeper.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I adore Dorothy Parker. And while in general I prefer her poetry to her short stories, the short stories are still very good. And this is a perfect short and sweet introduction to her stories. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So so so sad. ]]></body>
    
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