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Cornelia Otis Skinner

Pocket, 1953

Our Hearts Were Young And Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s

4 reviews
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005

Heartwarming and hilarious
Having first watched the black-and-white movie based on this book, I was eager to meet Cornelia and Emily again inside its pages, and was not disappointed. The story of two young girls taking their first trip abroad, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay is the true story of their adventures, ranging from heartwarming to hilarious. Some memorable incidents: Emily throwing a deckchair over the side of the ...

Elegant Wits and Grand Horizontals

1 review
Cornelia Otis Skinner

Houghton Mifflin Co, 1962

Wonderful!
A sparkling and delightful gem of a book about the social life of Belle Epoque France. If you're a fan of Proust, or of this gorgeous, sumptuous era in itself, Skinner's book is a must-have. Covering the salons of Paris, some famous actors and actresses, Belle Epoque Paris and the world of the courtesans, to name a few subjects, this is an almost incomparable peek into the 1890s and 1900s.

Elegant wits and grand horizontals;: A sparkling panorama of "la belle epoque," its gilded society, ...

1 review
Cornelia Otis Skinner

Houghton Mifflin, 1962

Name dropping abounds!
For an excellent view of upper class Paris of the 1890s you can look no further than this exciting and colorfully drawn book. Skinner sketches portraits of the people that darted in and out of the Parisian papers in a very human, dry and truthful touch. From the elegant wits of Boni de Castellane and Robert Montesquei to the Grand Horizontals of Liane de Pougy and La Belle Otero, and the equally ...

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

13 reviews
Cornelia Otis Skinner

Putnam Publishing Group, 1942

Hilarious, naive, a simpler time!
Cornelia Otis skinner is the real comedienne of this pair of authors and injects a lot more humor into this book, as opposed to most of Kimbrough's solo works. You cannot imagine two more naive college girls traveling about Europe in the 1920's. It was a simpler time, and today has great appeal to one's nostalgic side. If you get a chance to pick up a used copy, do so!

Home Country/Mrs Mike/On Being a Real Person/Farmer Takes a Wife/Peace of Mind/Lost Boundaries/Our Hearts ...

1 review
Ernie Pyle, Benedict & Nancy Freedman, ...

Reader's Digest Association, 1948

Additional Books
The remainder of the books in this volume are We Shook the Family Tree by Hildegard Dolson, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore, Biography of the Unborn by Margaret Shea Gilbert, Anna & the King of Siam by Margaret Landon and How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie.