Enough Rope
Dorothy Parker
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 (1 hr 37 min)
Chapters
Threnody | 1:11 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Small Hours | 0:53 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
The False Friends | 1:21 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
The Trifler | 1:28 | Read by Tomas Peter |
A Very Short Song | 0:50 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
A Well-Worn Story | 1:19 | Read by Ricardo Flores |
Convalescent | 1:28 | Read by Chris Archer |
The Dark Girl's Rhyme | 1:38 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
Epitaph | 1:02 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Light of Love | 1:01 | Read by Chris Archer |
Wail | 0:43 | Read by Chris Archer |
The Satin Dress | 1:32 | Read by Chris Archer |
Somebody's Song | 1:25 | Read by Chris Archer |
Anecdote | 0:35 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
Braggart | 1:11 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Epitaph for a Darling Lady | 0:51 | Read by Chris Archer |
To a Much Too Unfortunate Lady | 1:27 | Read by Ricardo Flores |
Paths | 0:50 | Read by JaredG |
Hearthside | 1:17 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The New Love | 0:54 | Read by Lucy Kim |
Rainy Night | 2:20 | Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon |
For a Sad Lady | 0:33 | Read by Lucy Kim |
Recurrence | 1:00 | Read by Chris Pyle |
Story of Mrs. W—— | 1:09 | Read by Chris Pyle |
The Dramatists | 1:03 | Read by Tomas Peter |
August | 1:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The White Lady | 0:54 | Read by Lee Vogler |
I Know I Have Been Happiest | 1:12 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
Testament | 1:05 | Read by VO Gal |
"I Shall Come Back" | 1:03 | Read by czandra |
Condolence | 1:11 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
The Immortals | 1:15 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
A Portrait | 1:14 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
Portrait of the Artist | 0:53 | Read by Dani H |
Chant for Dark Hours | 1:18 | Read by Dani H |
Unfortunate Coincidence | 0:28 | Read by Lee Vogler |
Verse Reporting Late Arrival at a Conclusion | 1:07 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Inventory | 0:47 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
Now at Liberty | 1:28 | Read by Seraphina |
Comment | 0:32 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Plea | 1:45 | Read by Ricardo Flores |
Pattern | 0:54 | Read by Ricardo Flores |
De Profundis | 0:55 | Read by czandra |
They Part | 0:40 | Read by J. E. Holt |
Ballade of a Great Weariness | 1:55 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Résumé | 0:30 | Read by Lee Vogler |
Renunciation | 0:44 | Read by AzaseahRose |
Day-Dreams | 1:26 | Read by Hope |
The Veteran | 1:03 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Prophetic Soul | 0:31 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Verse for a Certain Dog | 1:52 | Read by Winnifred Assmann |
Folk Tune | 1:00 | Read by Jennifer Shipon |
Godspeed | 0:33 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Song of Perfect Propriety | 2:00 | Read by mleigh |
Social Note | 0:32 | Read by JaredG |
One Perfect Rose | 0:52 | Read by quartertone |
Ballade at Thirty-five | 1:53 | Read by Louise Poulsom |
The Thin Edge | 0:33 | Read by quartertone |
Spring Song | 1:19 | Read by Jaji Evans |
Love Song | 1:38 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Indian Summer | 0:45 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Philosophy | 0:31 | Read by Tomas Peter |
For an Unknown Lady | 1:03 | Read by quartertone |
The Leal | 0:37 | Read by Chris Pyle |
Finis | 0:55 | Read by J. E. Holt |
Words of Comfort to be Scratched on a Mirror | 0:32 | Read by quartertone |
Men | 0:44 | Read by Lee Vogler |
News Item | 0:27 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Song of One of the Girls | 0:54 | Read by quartertone |
Lullaby | 1:42 | Read by J. E. Holt |
Faut de Mieux | 0:30 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Roundel | 0:49 | Read by VO Gal |
A Certain Lady | 1:33 | Read by Lee Vogler |
Observation | 0:33 | Read by Lee Vogler |
Symptom Recital | 1:21 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Fighting Words | 0:39 | Read by Hope |
Rondeau Redoublé | 1:50 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Autobiography | 0:23 | Read by Lee Vogler |
The Choice | 1:14 | Read by De Anna Lee |
Ballade of Big Plans | 1:54 | Read by Jennifer Shipon |
General Review of the Sex Situation | 0:40 | Read by De Anna Lee |
Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom | 1:14 | Read by April6090 |
Pictures in the Smoke | 0:33 | Read by April6090 |
Biographies | 3:45 | Read by Tricia Wheeler |
Nocturne | 1:08 | Read by Tomas Peter |
Interview | 0:39 | Read by Lee Vogler |
Song in a Minor Key | 1:06 | Read by De Anna Lee |
Experience | 0:28 | Read by czandra |
Neither Bloody Nor Bowed | 0:43 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Burned Child | 1:17 | Read by mleigh |