Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Don Marquis
Born: July 29, 1878
Died: December 29, 1937 (aged 59)
Bio: Donald Robert Perry Marquis 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", supposed authors of humorous verse.
Known for:
- Archy and Mehitabel (1927)
- The Old Soak: And Hail and Farewell (1921)
- The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel
- The Best of Archy and Mehitabel
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