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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ursula_ParrottUrsula Parrott - Wikipedia

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   Ursula Parrott (March 26, 1899 – September 1957), was a prolific modern novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer whose sensational first novel, Ex-Wife (1929), was a Jazz Age best seller. Adapted for film as The Divorcee, it starred Norma Shearer.

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3. www.neh.gov › article › ursula-parrott-and-secretUrsula Parrott and the Secret Lives of Ex-Wives | The ...

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   Apr 18, 2023 · She was a world traveler, a partner in a rural Connecticut newspaper, an informant in a federal drug investigation, and a pilot in the Civil Aeronautics Administration during World War II. She navigated a wildly fluctuating career and personal life, including four husbands and as many exes.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2023/04/30 › booksCritic’s Notebook: Rediscovering Ursula Parrott and ‘Ex-Wife ...

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   Apr 30, 2023 · The novelist Ursula Parrott, left, faced charges for helping a boyfriend, Michael Neely Bryan, desert the Air Force — one of many instances of her notoriety. Associated Press. By Alexandra...

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     Marsha Gordon Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ex-Wife_(Ursula_Parrott)Ex-Wife (Ursula Parrott) - Wikipedia

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   Ex-Wife is a 1929 novel written by Ursula Parrott and reissued by McNally Editions in 2023 with an afterword by Marc Parrott, the author's son, and a foreword by Alissa Bennett, a writer for the Paris Review.

7. theconversation.com › why-have-you-read-the-greatWhy have you read ‘The Great Gatsby’ but not Ursula Parrott’s

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   Aug 23, 2023 · Ursula Parrott was a successful and influential writer in the 1920s and 1930s, but her work is largely unknown today. Her novel 'Ex-Wife' depicts the challenges and freedoms of women in New York, and was more popular than 'The Great Gatsby' in its time.

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8. www.theparisreview.org › blog › 2019/02/12The Racy Jazz Age Best Seller You’ve Never Heard Of

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   Feb 12, 2019 · Ursula Parrott was accused of promoting a dangerous sexual freedom. In her best-selling novels, the controversial author chronicled “life in the era of the one-night stand” during the twenties and thirties.

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   Who was Ursula Parrott?

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   Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'?

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   Did Ursula Parrott promote a dangerous sexual freedom?

   • Ursula Parrott was accused of promoting a dangerous sexual freedom. In her best-selling novels, the controversial author chronicled “life in the era of the one-night stand” during the twenties and thirties. Parrott’s extraordinary life took her to the heights of literary New York and pre-Code Hollywood, then left her jailed, penniless, and alone.

   The Racy Jazz Age Best Seller You’ve Never Heard Of

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   What happened to Ursula Parrott?

   • Ursula Parrott became “sufficiently important,” and then she was forgotten. Widely read and highly sought after in her heyday, she suffered the fate of many women authors of her time, dismissed as a money-writer churning out romantic pablum for undiscerning female readers.

   Ursula Parrott and the Secret Lives of Ex-Wives

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   When was Ursula Parrott's 'ex-wife' published?

   • Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” caused a sensation when it was published in 1929. But it wasn’t the racy, frothy endorsement of sexual liberation readers were primed to expect. In the summer of 1929, a provocative New York novel titled “ Ex-Wife ” arrived in bookstores, quickly selling out its first printing.

   The Divorce Novel That Captured the Mores of Jazz Age New York

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   Did Ursula Parrott really win 'ex-wife' title again?

   • And Parrott always gave the papers something to talk about. “Ursula Parrott Wins ‘Ex-Wife’ Title Again,” said the Washington Post when, in 1931, she divorced a New York banker named Charles T. Greenwood, charging intolerable cruelty. They’d been married for exactly one year.

   The Racy Jazz Age Best Seller You’ve Never Heard Of

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   Did Ursula Parrott have a child?

   • The Parrotts had a child in 1924 and divorced shortly after. When the film adaptation premiered at the height of the Depression, Ursula Parrott reached the zenith of her career. The Divorcee stars Norma Shearer as Jerry (Patricia) and Chester Morris as her husband.

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10. www.newyorker.com › books › second-readThe Divorce Novel That Captured the Mores of Jazz Age New ...

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    May 3, 2023 · The Divorce Novel That Captured the Mores of Jazz Age New York. Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” caused a sensation when it was published in 1929. But it wasn’t the racy, frothy endorsement of sexual...