The journalist and writer Don Marquis obtained recognition in life, one of the works of this collection (The Old Soak) being transformed into a play and later, a movie still in the silent movie era. The seven short stories selected here bring all the humor, satire and wit of this writer. Enjoy your reading!The Old Soak The Revolt of the Oyster The Professor’s Awakening The Saddest Man Behind the Curtain Kale Too American
About the author
Don Marquis, byname of Donald Robert Perry Marquis, (born July 29, 1878, Walnut, Ill., U.S.died Dec. 29, 1937, New York City), U.S. newspaperman, poet, and playwright, creator of the literary characters Archy, the cockroach, and Mehitabel, the cat, wry, down-and-out philosophers of the 1920s.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 110 ● ISBN 9783967993233 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Publisher Tacet Books ● City Vachendorf ● Country DE ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7445401 ● Copy protection Social DRM