Dorothy Parker was a prominent figure in American literature during the early to mid 20th century. Throughout her life, she was no stranger to unhappiness. Her mother died when she was four, her stepmother when she was nine, and her father when she was twenty. Her first husband left her to go fight in the First World War, and her second committed suicide. Throughout this tumult, she developed a cynical but sharp wit, as attested to by the many quips, reviews, anecdotes, and poetry she left behind. Parker would often eat lunch at the Algonquin Hotel Restaurant in New York, joined by other writers. This informal ritual became known as the Algonquin Roundtable, and included some of the biggest names of the 'Roaring Twenties', almost all of whom went on to have noteworthy careers. Around 1929, when the decade ended, so did the ritual, and the last surviving individual to have participated in the Algonquin Roundtable, actress and author Eva La Gallienne, passed away in 1991.
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