In the years between the first and second world wars the fenomenon of stardom and celebrity spread to writers. Personal appearances and private lives came to fascinate readers as much as their work. Fame and commercial success of these writers, and their gender affected the literary reception of their work. Literary elites called their writing 'middlebrow'. This book is a comparative study of North American and British literary celebrity. It profiles seven American, Canadian, and British women writers - Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, Mae West, L. M. Montgomery, Margaret Kennedy, Stella Gibbons, and E.M. Delafield.
Miss Dick, schoonheidskoningin Engeland 1929. Plaatje no. 25 uit de serie 'Schoonheidskoninginnen uit de verschillende landen', een serie die bestaat uit 75 foto's. De plaatjes zijn verspreid via N.V. Tabaksindustrie, Gebr. Philips, Maastricht/Holland.