The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel

· Sold by Doubleday
4.5
6 reviews
Ebook
477
Pages
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About this ebook

Of all the literary genres, humor has the shortest shelf life—except for Archy and Mehitabel, that is. First published in 1916, it is a classic of American literature. Archy is a cockroach, inside whom resides the soul of a free-verse poet; he communicates with Don Marquis by leaping upon the keys of the columnist's typewriter. In poems of varying length, Archy pithily describes his wee world, the main fixture of which is Mehitabel, a devil-may-care alley cat.

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4.5
6 reviews
Kittenfuud
February 22, 2020
I've loved this in paper form for so long I need to just let the book rest in a book shelf so I decided to buy the ebook before my paperback wears out! Such a delightful and funny read - not dark like "the other cockroach book!" Highly recommend!
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David Forman
August 14, 2019
I love this more than anything. WW1 beatniks
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About the author

Don Marquis (1878–1937) was a journalist and columnist in New York City and the author of several novels, short-story collections, and plays.Marquis was the author of about 35 books. He co-wrote (or contributed posthumously) to the films The Sports PagesShinbone AlleyThe Good Old Soak and Skippy. Marquis's best-known creation was Archy, a fictional cockroach (developed as a character during 1916) who had been a free-verse poet in a previous life, and who supposedly left poems on Marquis's typewriter by jumping on the keys.

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