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{{quote| ''"When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top."''}}
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''Valley of the Dolls'' is a 1966 novel by Jacqueline Susann. It follows the lives of three women (Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, and Jennifer North) from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. They start out as roommates in New York, and each of them achieves fame and fortune, with plenty of ups and downs along the way.
''Valley of the Dolls'' is a 1966 novel by Jacqueline Susann. It follows the lives of three women (Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, and Jennifer North) from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. They start out as roommates in New York, and each of them achieves fame and fortune, with plenty of ups and downs along the way.
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"Dolls" is a slang term for pills (particularly sleeping pills and weight loss pills). Almost everyone in the book pops them like candy.
"Dolls" is a slang term for pills (particularly sleeping pills and weight loss pills). Almost everyone in the book pops them like candy.


The novel was adapted into [[Valley of the Dolls (film)|a film]] in 1967, which got [[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls|a sequel]] in 1970.
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=== This novel provides examples of: ===
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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Fat women.
* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Fat women.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}}
* [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]
* [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]
* {{spoiler|[[Happily Failed Suicide]]: Neely, three times.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Happily-Failed Suicide]]: Neely, three times.}}
* [[May December Romance]]: Anne and Kevin Gillmore.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Anne and Kevin Gillmore.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Quite a few. Susann spent the 1940s as a struggling actress, and drew on that experience while writing the book.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Quite a few. Susann spent the 1940s as a struggling actress, and drew on that experience while writing the book.
** Neely O'Hara is [[Judy Garland]]. Her {{spoiler|time in the sanitarium is based on the experiences of [[Frances Farmer]]}}.
** Neely O'Hara is [[Judy Garland]]. Her {{spoiler|time in the sanitarium is based on the experiences of [[Frances Farmer]]}}.
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 26 June 2023

"When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top."

Valley of the Dolls is a 1966 novel by Jacqueline Susann. It follows the lives of three women (Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, and Jennifer North) from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. They start out as roommates in New York, and each of them achieves fame and fortune, with plenty of ups and downs along the way.

"Dolls" is a slang term for pills (particularly sleeping pills and weight loss pills). Almost everyone in the book pops them like candy.

The novel was adapted into a film in 1967, which got a sequel in 1970.

Tropes used in Valley of the Dolls include:
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