author
Mary Wallace Bundy Little
b. 1857
A witty early-20th-century poet, Mary Wallace Bundy Little turned domestic frustration into playful verse. Her best-known book, The Rubaiyat of a Huffy Husband, offers a comic husband’s lament over his wife’s devotion to Omar Khayyam.
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The Rubaiyat of a Huffy Husband
by Mary Wallace Bundy Little
About the author
Mary Wallace Bundy Little was born in 1857 and published under the name Mary B. Little. Her known work is The Rubaiyat of a Huffy Husband, published in Boston by the Gorham Press in 1908.
Written in humorous quatrains, the book follows a husband who feels neglected after his wife becomes absorbed in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Little’s playful parody blends domestic comedy, literary references, and a wry look at marriage and reading habits.