"Obadiah -- a Man Who Met His Match."
A comic sketch, in which a crafty man finds a wife with a "patience and shrewdness that matched his own." Sharing the theme of the bickering couple with several other early stories (The Waddler, The Parrot), this is one of just a few pieces of caricature among Bates's works. In the Manchester Guardian (February 6, 1930), New Clarion (April 1, 1933, p. 325).
ID:
b66
Title:
"Obadiah -- a Man Who Met His Match."
Genre:
Story
Page Count:
1
Word Count:
ca. 1200
Publisher:
Manchester Guardian
New Clarion
Year of Publication:
1930
Topic:
Jewish reference
Marriage
Tricksters
Document Type:
Comic Fiction
Uncollected Stories