Enough Rope
Dorothy Parker
90 chapters · 1 h 38 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, Stefan Von Blon, Tomas Peter, Ricardo Flores, Chris Archer, Winnifred Assmann and others
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A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here is the famous short poem "News Item": Men seldom make passes - At girls who wear glasses. - Summary by mleigh
Chapters
1 Threnody 1 min 2 The Small Hours 1 min 3 The False Friends 1 min 4 The Trifler 1 min 5 A Very Short Song 1 min 6 A Well-Worn Story 1 min 7 Convalescent 1 min 8 The Dark Girl's Rhyme 2 min 9 Epitaph 1 min 10 Light of Love 1 min 11 Wail 1 min 12 The Satin Dress 2 min 13 Somebody's Song 1 min 14 Anecdote 1 min 15 Braggart 1 min 16 Epitaph for a Darling Lady 1 min 17 To a Much Too Unfortunate Lady 1 min 18 Paths 1 min 19 Hearthside 1 min 20 The New Love 1 min 21 Rainy Night 2 min 22 For a Sad Lady 1 min 23 Recurrence 1 min 24 Story of Mrs. W 1 min 25 The Dramatists 1 min 26 August 1 min 27 The White Lady 1 min 28 I Know I Have Been Happiest 1 min 29 Testament 1 min 30 I Shall Come Back 1 min 31 Condolence 1 min 32 The Immortals 1 min 33 A Portrait 1 min 34 Portrait of the Artist 1 min 35 Chant for Dark Hours 1 min 36 Unfortunate Coincidence 1 min 37 Verse Reporting Late Arrival at a Conclusion 1 min 38 Inventory 1 min 39 Now at Liberty 1 min 40 Comment 1 min 41 Plea 2 min 42 Pattern 1 min 43 De Profundis 1 min 44 They Part 1 min 45 Ballade of a Great Weariness 2 min 46 Résumé 1 min 47 Renunciation 1 min 48 Day-Dreams 1 min 49 The Veteran 1 min 50 Prophetic Soul 1 min 51 Verse for a Certain Dog 2 min 52 Folk Tune 1 min 53 Godspeed 1 min 54 Song of Perfect Propriety 2 min 55 Social Note 1 min 56 One Perfect Rose 1 min 57 Ballade at Thirty-five 2 min 58 The Thin Edge 1 min 59 Spring Song 1 min 60 Love Song 2 min 61 Indian Summer 1 min 62 Philosophy 1 min 63 For an Unknown Lady 1 min 64 The Leal 1 min 65 Finis 1 min 66 Words of Comfort to be Scratched on a Mirror 1 min 67 Men 1 min 68 News Item 1 min 69 Song of One of the Girls 1 min 70 Lullaby 2 min 71 Faut de Mieux 1 min 72 Roundel 1 min 73 A Certain Lady 2 min 74 Observation 1 min 75 Symptom Recital 1 min 76 Fighting Words 1 min 77 Rondeau Redoublé 2 min 78 Autobiography 1 min 79 The Choice 1 min 80 Ballade of Big Plans 2 min 81 General Review of the Sex Situation 1 min 82 Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom 1 min 83 Pictures in the Smoke 1 min 84 Biographies 4 min 85 Nocturne 1 min 86 Interview 1 min 87 Song in a Minor Key 1 min 88 Experience 1 min 89 Neither Bloody Nor Bowed 1 min 90 The Burned Child 1 min
