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Review of "The House Beautiful" by Channing Pollock, The New Yorker (March 21, 1931)

The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy.

— Dorothy Parker

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy." in the context of "Review of "The House Beautiful" by Channing Pollock, The New Yorker (March 21, 1931)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Dorothy Parker

About Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer, poet, and critic. A fixture of 1920s literary society known for her acerbic wit and low opinion of romantic relationships, she became a member of the Algonquin Round Table.