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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. </p> </div></div><div class="ws-noexport" id="ws-data" style="speak:none"><span id="ws-author">Anita Loos</span><span id="ws-illustrator">Ralph Barton</span><span id="ws-article-id">3446795</span><span id="ws-title">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</span><span id="ws-year">1926</span></div></div> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <p><span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="img" data-page-number="img" data-page-name="Page:" data-page-index="8" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:%22Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes%22_-_Anita_Loos.pdf/8"><span id="pageindex_8" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r12281887">@media all and (max-width:360px){.mw-parser-output .img-center,.mw-parser-output .img-floatleft,.mw-parser-output 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data-page-index="10" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:%22Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes%22_-_Anita_Loos.pdf/10"><span id="pageindex_10" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r13348679">.mw-parser-output .wst-size-block{line-height:1.4}.mw-parser-output .wst-xx-smaller{font-size:58%}.mw-parser-output .wst-x-smaller{font-size:69%}.mw-parser-output .wst-smaller{font-size:83%}.mw-parser-output .wst-fine{line-height:1.4;font-size:92%}.mw-parser-output .wst-m-larger{font-size:110%}.mw-parser-output .wst-larger{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .wst-x-larger{font-size:144%}.mw-parser-output .wst-xx-larger{font-size:182%}.mw-parser-output .wst-xxx-larger{font-size:207%}.mw-parser-output .wst-xxxx-larger{font-size:249%}</style><div class="wst-size-block wst-smaller wst-smaller-block"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p><i>Copyright, 1925, by</i><br /> <span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">The International Magazine Co., Inc.</span><br /> <span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">(Harper’s Bazar)</span> </p><p><i>Copyright, 1925, by</i><br /> <span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Anita Loos</span> </p> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14700113">.mw-parser-output .wst-rule{background-color:currentcolor;color:inherit;width:auto;margin:2px auto 2px auto;height:1px}.mw-parser-output .wst-rule.wst-rule-left{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-rule.wst-rule-right{margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-rule.__uirule{background-color:#a2a9b1;color:inherit;border:0;margin-top:0.2em;margin-bottom:0.2em}</style><hr class="wst-rule wst-rule-center" style="color:inherit;width:4em;" /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p><i>Printed in the United States of America</i> </p> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14263595">.mw-parser-output .wst-center-block{display:block;margin:0 auto;padding:0;position:relative;max-width:100%;height:auto;text-align:initial}.mw-parser-output .wst-center-block-title{display:inline-block;width:100%;text-align:center}</style><div class="wst-center-block" style="width:fit-content;text-align-last:justify;"> <p>First printing, November, 1925<br /> Second printing, November, 1925<br /> Third printing, December, 1925<br /> Fourth printing, December, 1925<br /> Fifth printing, January, 1926<br /> Sixth printing, January, 1926<br /> Seventh printing, January, 1926<br /> Eighth printing, February, 1926<br /> Ninth printing, March, 1926<br /> Tenth printing, March, 1926<br /> Eleventh printing, April, 1926<br /> Twelfth printing, April, 1926<br /> </p> </div> </div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r11285303"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom wst-padded-pg-break"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="dedication" data-page-number="dedication" data-page-name="Page:" data-page-index="11" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:%22Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes%22_-_Anita_Loos.pdf/11"><span id="pageindex_11" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p>To<br /> JOHN EMERSON </p> </div>  </div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r11285303"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14515475"><span class="wst-pagebreak wst-pagebreak-bottom wst-padded-pg-break"><span class="noprint ws-noexport"><span> </span></span></span> </p> <div class="prp-pages-output" lang="en"> <span><span class="pagenum ws-pagenum" id="ToC" data-page-number="ToC" data-page-name="Page:" data-page-index="13" data-page-quality="4" title="Page:%22Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes%22_-_Anita_Loos.pdf/13"><span id="pageindex_13" class="pagenum-inner ws-noexport"></span></span></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r13089542"><div class="wst-center tiInherit wst-center-nomargin"> <p>CONTENTS </p> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14317250">.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table{border-collapse:collapse;background-color:transparent;color:inherit;margin:auto;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table-align-left{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table-align-right{margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table td{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table th{vertical-align:top;font-weight:inherit;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-table 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.wst-auxtoc{background:#E6F2E6;color:#202122}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dot-bg{background:white;color:#202122}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-aux .wst-toc-dot-bg,.mw-parser-output .wst-auxtoc .wst-toc-dot-bg,.mw-parser-output .subheadertemplate .wst-toc-dot-bg{background:#E6F2E6;color:#202122}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotcell{position:relative;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotinner{display:inline;float:right;user-select:none}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotcell-content{display:inline;position:relative;background:white;color:#202122;z-index:2}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotouter{position:absolute;right:0px;bottom:0px;width:100%;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;z-index:0}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotempty{position:absolute;left:0;bottom:0;height:1em;z-index:1}.mw-parser-output .wst-toc-dotentry{display:inline;position:relative;text-align:left;padding:0 .5em 0 0;z-index:2}</style> <table class="ws-summary __toc_table wst-toc-table wst-toc-table-align-center" style="width:30em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> <tbody><tr class="__toc_row_m-1 __toc_row_2-1 wst-toc-row-2-1"> <td colspan="2"><span style="font-size:69%;">CHAPTER</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:69%;">PAGE</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-dot-1 wst-toc-row-1-dot-1"> <td>I. </td> <td><div class="wst-toc-dotcell"><div style="text-align:left; text-indent:-1.5em; margin-left:1.5em;"><div class="toc-line-entry-text wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotentry"><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1926)/Chapter_1" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)/Chapter 1"><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</span></a></div></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotempty" style="width:1.5em;"></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dotouter"><div class="wst-toc-dotinner">.     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .</div></div></div> </td> <td>11 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-dot-1 wst-toc-row-1-dot-1"> <td>II. </td> <td><div class="wst-toc-dotcell"><div style="text-align:left; text-indent:-1.5em; margin-left:1.5em;"><div class="toc-line-entry-text wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotentry"><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1926)/Chapter_2" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)/Chapter 2"><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Fate Keeps on Happening</span></a></div></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotempty" style="width:1.5em;"></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dotouter"><div class="wst-toc-dotinner">.     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .</div></div></div> </td> <td>39 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-dot-1 wst-toc-row-1-dot-1"> <td>III. </td> <td><div class="wst-toc-dotcell"><div style="text-align:left; text-indent:-1.5em; margin-left:1.5em;"><div class="toc-line-entry-text wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotentry"><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1926)/Chapter_3" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)/Chapter 3"><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">London Is Really Nothing</span></a></div></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotempty" style="width:1.5em;"></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dotouter"><div class="wst-toc-dotinner">.     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .</div></div></div> </td> <td>63 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-dot-1 wst-toc-row-1-dot-1"> <td>IV. </td> <td><div class="wst-toc-dotcell"><div style="text-align:left; text-indent:-1.5em; margin-left:1.5em;"><div class="toc-line-entry-text wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotentry"><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1926)/Chapter_4" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)/Chapter 4"><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Paris Is Devine</span></a></div></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotempty" style="width:1.5em;"></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dotouter"><div class="wst-toc-dotinner">.     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .</div></div></div> </td> <td>93 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-dot-1 wst-toc-row-1-dot-1"> <td>V. </td> <td><div class="wst-toc-dotcell"><div style="text-align:left; text-indent:-1.5em; margin-left:1.5em;"><div class="toc-line-entry-text wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotentry"><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1926)/Chapter_5" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)/Chapter 5"><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">The Central of Europe</span></a></div></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotempty" style="width:1.5em;"></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dotouter"><div class="wst-toc-dotinner">.     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .</div></div></div> </td> <td>131 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317250"> </td></tr> <tr class="__toc_row_1-m-1 __toc_row_1-dot-1 wst-toc-row-1-dot-1"> <td>VI. </td> <td><div class="wst-toc-dotcell"><div style="text-align:left; text-indent:-1.5em; margin-left:1.5em;"><div class="toc-line-entry-text wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotentry"><a href="/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1926)/Chapter_6" title="Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926)/Chapter 6"><span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Brains Are Really Everything</span></a></div></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dot-bg wst-toc-dotempty" style="width:1.5em;"></div><div class="ws-noexport wst-toc-dotouter"><div class="wst-toc-dotinner">.     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .</div></div></div> </td> <td>175 <p><br /> 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