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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1925 comic novel by Anita Loos
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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Summary

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • Author: Anita Loos[2]
  • Illustrator: Ralph Barton[3]
  • Publisher: Boni & Liveright[4]
  • Genre: epistolary novel[5], comic novel[6]
  • Followed by: But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes[7]
  • Language of work or name: American English[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Publication date: 1925[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes[11], Q138542918[12], Q138542921[13]
  • Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes[14]
  • Subtitle: the illuminating diary of a professional lady[15]
  • First line: A gentleman friend and I were dining at the Ritz last evening and he said that if I took a pencil and a paper and put down all of my thoughts it would make a book.[16]
  • Copyright holder: Harper's Bazaar[17]
  • Quotation or excerpt: A kiss on the hand may make you feel very nice, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.[18]
  • Form of creative work: novel[19]

Related Entities

Anita Loos literary work United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'ko', 'no', 'sh', 'sr', 'ur', 'uz']
    Sitelink count → 13
    Bookbrainz work id → 81b0cee8-fb7c-4a98-abc2-32848d783b52
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  2. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1925-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Author → Anita Loos
    Form of creative work → novel
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