The Green Hat
by:
Michael Arlen (author)
The Green Hat perfectly reflects the atmosphere of the 1920s—the post-war fashion for verbal smartness, youthful cynicism, and the spirit of rebellion of the "bright young things" of Mayfair. Iris Storm, femme fatale, races around London and Europe in her yellow Hispano-Suiza surrounded by...
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The Green Hat perfectly reflects the atmosphere of the 1920s—the post-war fashion for verbal smartness, youthful cynicism, and the spirit of rebellion of the "bright young things" of Mayfair. Iris Storm, femme fatale, races around London and Europe in her yellow Hispano-Suiza surrounded by romantic intrigue, but beneath the glamour she is destined to be a tragic heroine. A perfect synecdoche, in fact: as the hat is to the woman, so the words of the title are to an entire literary style. The success of the novel when it was first published in 1924 let to its adaptation for the screen, with Greta Garbo starring as Iris Storm.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780955519659 (0955519659)
Publish date: November 1st 2008
Publisher: Capuchin Classics
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
WHY IT'S ON MY TO-READ: 1920's Bright Young Things novel that made the author a fortune. Made into a movie with Greta Garbo.