Slight Farce 20s

The novel by Anita Loos is much less known than its film adaptation by Howard Hawks Gentlemen Prefer blondes with sublime Maryline Monroe and Jane Russell. The film nevertheless is superior book is a light farce readable.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is written as the newspaper of the beautiful Loreley, recounting his trip to Europe with her friend Dorothy. Loreley is a gold digger without education but much less silly than it suggests his gentlemen anxious to "do his education." It shows indeed a demonic intelligence to extort money. His friend Dorothy incisive humor and gives the story its most exhilarating replicas. This novel has been a huge success upon its publication in 1925 and resulted in a suite: But they marry brunettes centered on the character of Dorothy.

The book, short and easy to read, is a perfect illustration of the life of "flappers", these modern young women from the 20s to hair cut short and more liberated mores (alcohol, cigarettes, jazz).