The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel
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- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2006
Summary
Generations of readers have delighted in the work of the great American humorist Don Marquis, who was frequently compared to Mark Twain. These free-verse poems, which first appeared in Marquis’s New York newspaper columns, revolve around the escapades of Archy, the philosophical cockroach who was once a poet, and Mehitabel, a streetwise alley cat who was once Cleopatra. Reincarnated as the lowest creatures on the social scale, they prowl the rowdy streets of New York City in between the world…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143039754 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014303975X |
| Author: | Don Marquis, Michael Sims |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 60th |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 128mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Don Marquis
Don Marquis (1878-1937) was a newspaper columnist, poet, novelist, dramatist, and popular author.
Michael Sims is the author most recently of In the Womb- Animals (adapted from two National Geographic Channel documentaries); he is also the author of Apollo’s Fire- A Journey through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day, which NPR chose as one of the best science books of 2007; Adam’s Navel- A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, which was a New York Times Notable Book and a Library Journal Best Science Book; and Darwin’s Orchestra- An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts. For Penguin Classics he also edited The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel and Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief, and he is currently editing The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime. He has written for many periodicals, from the Washington Post to New Statesman.
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