Anniehall16 asked Kevin C. Fitzpatrick:

Kevin – I am trying to find out the correct quote from Dorothy Parker.Can you please confirm if it is 'What fresh hell can this be?' or "What fresh hell is this?" http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick I always believe it is "What fresh hell is this," based on the 1988 book by Marion Meade that uses it in the title. It's taken to be that is how Mrs. Parker answered the telephone. That was reported by more than one acquaintance.

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