Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)
by Anita Loos, illustrated by Ralph Barton

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This novel takes the form of a series of entries from the diary of Lorelei Lee. The character's spelling, grammar and use of punctuation is somewhat wayward and since this is intentional on the part of the work's author, these variations from the norm have not been marked as typographical errors.

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"Kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond bracelet lasts forever.”

“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”

The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady

By
Anita Loos

Intimately Illustrated by
RALPH BARTON

NEW YORK
BONI & LIVERIGHT
1925

Copyright, 1925, by
The International Magazine Co., Inc.
(Harper’s Bazar)

Copyright, 1925, by
Anita Loos

Printed in the United States of America

First printing, November, 1925
Second printing, November, 1925
Third printing, December, 1925
Fourth printing, December, 1925
Fifth printing, January, 1926
Sixth printing, January, 1926
Seventh printing, January, 1926
Eighth printing, February, 1926
Ninth printing, March, 1926
Tenth printing, March, 1926
Eleventh printing, April, 1926
Twelfth printing, April, 1926

To
JOHN EMERSON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	11
II.	Fate Keeps on Happening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	39
III.	London Is Really Nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	63
IV.	Paris Is Devine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	93
V.	The Central of Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	131
VI.	Brains Are Really Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	175

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