This beloved illustrated classic tells the tale of Archy, a philosophical cockroach, and Mehitabel, a cat in her ninth life.
Generations of readers have delighted in the work of the great American humorist Don Marquis. Marquis's satirical free-verse poems, which first appeared in his New York newspaper columns in 1916, revolve around the escapades of Archy, a philosophical cockroach who was a poet in a previous life, 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 wars, and Archy records their experiences and observations on the boss's typewriter late at night. First published in 1927,Archy and Mehitabel has become acelebrated part of the twentieth-century American literary canon.
By:
Don Marquis Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 133mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 153g ISBN:9780385094788 ISBN 10: 0385094787 Pages: 193 Publication Date:29 September 1987 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Archy and Mehitabel
'The introduction is an excellent review of the basic principles of cost benefit analysis, and the readings are definitive. An excellent basis for a course.' Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University