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Rae Soares
1888–1955
Best known for a 1908 collection of short stories published in Honolulu, this early 20th-century writer blended romance, humor, and local color in tales where love keeps colliding with rules and expectations. The surviving record is thin, which gives the work an added air of rediscovery.
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Cupid and the law : a collection of short stories
by Rae Soares
About the author
Published as Rae Soares, the author is also listed by Project Gutenberg under the name Antonio Rae Soares. The main work clearly tied to the name is Cupid and the Law: A Collection of Short Stories, published in Honolulu by The Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd. in 1908.
The collection includes stories such as "A Deal in Opium," "A Modern Evangeline," "The New Magnetic Healer," and "The Raid at Punchbowl," suggesting a mix of romance, comedy, drama, and Hawaiian settings. Modern readers mostly encounter Soares through reprints and digital editions, which have helped preserve a small but distinctive corner of early 20th-century popular fiction.
Basic biographical details are limited, but a memorial record for Antonio Rae Soares gives the dates 1888–1955. Because so little has been widely documented, the writing itself remains the best introduction: lively short fiction with an old-Honolulu backdrop and a clear interest in the way social rules shape private lives.