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Metropolitan Life
- 164 pages · about 3 hours
- First published 1978
- 13 editions
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1 About this book
Metropolitan Life is a 1978 book by American writer Fran Lebowitz. It is a collection of satirical essays about life in New York City and was Lebowitz's first book. Many of the essays had previously appeared in Interview and Mademoiselle, where Lebowitz had established a reputation for her sardonic observations on contemporary urban life. The book offers a comic view of the manners, habits, and pretensions of life in a large city.
Published by E.P. Dutton, Metropolitan Life was an instant success, becoming a New York Times bestseller. It was later released in a 1994 compilation titled The Fran Lebowitz Reader along with Lebowitz's 1981 essay collection Social Studies.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- American wit and humor, social life and customs
- Humor
- Social life and customs
- Anecdotes
- Manners and customs
- City and town life
2 About Fran Lebowitz
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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