A review by suvata
Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis

3.0

The stories of Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the cat first appeared in the 1916 newspaper column.

Archy the cockroach is a free verse poet. Mehitabel the cat claims that she has a human soul and has trans-migrated from body to body. She claims to have been Cleopatra at one point.

Each evening the author loads a fresh piece of paper in his typewriter before he goes home for the evening. He returns in the morning to find that Archy has furiously typed out his poetry and stories during the previous night.

This is such an unusual premise for a story but I couldn't help but give it more stars than what the content probably called for. Try as I might, I couldn't help but find myself lovingly in the minds of these creatures.