Word: paramor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...PARAMOR - Louis Joseph Vance- Dutton ($2.00). Turning his back on desert islands and the criminal underworld, Mr. Vance ventures into the more polite, if less exciting, realm of Society. The new atmosphere makes Mr. Vance a bit giddy. He teeters on his mental tiptoes, nervously juggling bright phrases, while he tells the simple tale of Nelly Wayne and her rather stupid husband, Pendleton. Nelly is a member of the "irritable race" -a writer. When Jill Wetherell, aging nymph, snares Pendleton in one of his "misunderstood" moments, Nelly vengefully becomes Mrs. Paramor. Ultimately, both Nelly and Pendleton revert to type...
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