Don Marquis: 34 books

5 works of Don Marquis American humorist, journalist, and author (1878-1937) This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Don Marquis. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Autobiographical Sketch Danny's Own Story Dreams and Dust Hermione's Group of Thinkers The Cruise of the Jasper B.

Donald Robert Perry Marquis July 29, 1878 in Walnut, Illinois - December 29, 1937 in New York City) was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel",...

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...

Hermione’s Group of Thinkers Don Marquis, humorist, journalist, and author (1878-1937) This ebook presents «Hermione’s Group of Thinkers», from Don Marquis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PART I. HERMIONE -03- PART II. HERMIONE -04- ENVOY  

The Cruise of the Jasper Don Marquis, humorist, journalist, and author (1878-1937) This ebook presents «The Cruise of the Jasper», from Don Marquis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- A BRIGHT BLADE...

Dreams and Dust Don Marquis, humorist, journalist, and author (1878-1937) This ebook presents «Dreams and Dust», from Don Marquis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- DEDICATION -03- PROEM -04- PART...

Danny’s Own Story Don Marquis, humorist, journalist, and author (1878-1937) This ebook presents «Danny’s Own Story», from Don Marquis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- DDEDICATION -03- DANNY'S OWN STORY  

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...

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...

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...

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the  great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic  August Nemo, contains the following...

A selection of the best of the hilarious free-verse poems by the irreverent cockroach poet Archy and his alley-cat pal Mehitabel. Don Marquis’s famous fictional insect appeared in his newspaper columns from 1916 into the 1930s, and he has delighted generations of readers ever since. A poet...

CONTENTS: A.A. MILNE 1. A Hint for Next Christmas ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER 2. The Ghost in the Picture Room ALGERNON BLACKWOOD 3. The Kit-Bag ALICE HALE BURNETT 4. Christmas Holidays at Merryvale ANDY ADAMS 5. A Winter Round-Up ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 6. The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle CECIL FRANCES...

From his hut in the tree-top Probably Arboreal looked lazily down a broad vista, still strewn with fallen timber as the result of a whirlwind that had once played havoc in that part of the forest, toward the sea. Beyond the beach of hard white sand the water lay blue and vast and scarcely ruffled...