Parnassus on Wheels was written by Christopher Morley and first published in 1917. It's Morley's first novel, about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care of her older brother, Andrew. Andrew is a former businessman turned farmer, turned author. As an author, he begins using the farm as his Muse rather than a livelihood. When Mifflin shows up with his traveling booksto...

Prepárese para entrar en un mundo único y lleno de encanto, donde el tiempo se ha detenido: estamos en la segunda década del siglo XX, en unos Estados Unidos todavíarurales y de paisajes idílicos, donde conviven los viejos carromatos y los novísimos automóviles; Roger Mifflin, un librero ambulante que desea regresar a Brooklyn para redactar sus memorias, vende su singular librería sobre ruedas (junto a su yegua y su perro) a la ya madura señorita Helen McGill, quie...

La suite de La librairie ambulante, un classique américain traduit pour la première fois en France. Un chant d'amour aux libraires, à la littérature et à ses pouvoirs.Les gens ignorent à quel point ils ont besoin de livres.Après avoir sillonné la Nouvelle-Angleterre à bord de leur librairie ambulante, Roger et Helen Mifflin s'installent à Brooklyn pour y ouvrir leur Librairie hantée. Une boutique singulière, où flottent l'odeur de tabac, le tumulte...

Los entrañables Roger y Helen Mifflin han dejado de recorrer los campos y pueblos con su librería ambulante y se han instalado en pleno Brooklyn, como siempre soñara Roger. Ambos regentan La Librería Encantada, un "parnaso en casa" al que acuden, de un lado a otro de Nueva York, todo tipo de personajes singulares, incluidos jóvenes publicistas, farmacéuticos alemanes y guapísimas herederas; por no hablar de sus amigos libreros, que se reúnen allí cada poco para disfrutar la tarta ...

La Librairie ambulante est un délicieux roman d'aventures, un voyage incroyable.Roger Mifflin, vendeur charismatique, sage et farceur, traverse la Nouvelle-Angleterre à bord de sa célèbre librairie ambulante, chariot de fortune renfermant un immense trésor : des livres de toutes sortes, allant de Shakespeare au livre de cuisine. Avec sa philosophie singulière et ses yeux brillants, le petit homme à la barbe rousse parvient à transmettre le coeur et l'âme d...

Un viaggio attraverso il New England a bordo di un bibliobus trainato da un cavallo, vendendo libri in compagnia di un professore-poeta simile a un elfo. Tra Mark Twain e Kerouac la missione on the road del Parnaso ambulante è «predicare l’amore per i libri e l’amore per gli esseri umani».

Roger Mifflin’s bookshop is no ordinary store. Tucked away in Brooklyn, The Haunted Bookshop doesn’t sell ghost stories—it’s haunted by the spirits of great literature. When young advertising man Aubrey Gilbert steps inside, he expects a simple business transaction. What he finds instead is a world of intrigue, wisdom, and unexpected danger.The eccentric yet sharp-witted bookseller, Roger Mifflin, lives for books, but something unusual is happening in his quiet shop. A val...

Parnassus on Wheels is a novel by Christopher Morley, published in 1917. The Parnassus of the title refers to the mountain that was the home of the Muses in Greek mythology. In the story, Roger Mifflin sells his traveling bookshop to Helen McGill, who tires of looking after Andrew, her ailing brother. Christopher Morley later continued the story of Roger Mifflin in his 1919 novel The Haunted Bookshop.

The Complete Works of Christopher MorleyChristopher Morley was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.This collection includes the following:Mince PieShandygaffWhere the Blue BeginsPlum PuddingThe Haunted BookshopPipefulsSongs for a Little HouseChimneysmokeIn the Sweet Dry and DryTales From a Rolltop DeskThursd...

Thursday Evening is a lighthearted one-act comedy by Christopher Morley that captures the charm and humor of ordinary domestic life. The play unfolds over a casual Thursday evening, as a seemingly routine gathering among friends and family turns into a delightful exploration of interpersonal dynamics and witty banter.The characters, each with their own quirks and perspectives, engage in humorous exchanges that reveal their relationships and underlying tensions. Through clever dialogue and ...

Parnassus on Wheels is a novel by Christopher Morley, first published in 1917. It tells the charming story of Helen McGill, a middle-aged woman living on a farm, who decides to change her life by purchasing a traveling book wagon from a man named Roger Mifflin.Mifflin is a quirky bookseller who wants to sell his "Parnassus," a horse-drawn wagon full of books, and retire to write. Helen takes over the business, embarking on an adventure that leads he...

This is a suspenseful novel set in Brooklyn around the time of the end of World War I. It continues the story of Roger Mifflin, the book seller in Parnassus on Wheels. It also details an adventure of Miss Titania Chapman and a young advertising man named Aubrey Gilbert.作品の欠陥はだれの目にもあきらかでしょう。わたしは「移動書店パルナッソス」において大活躍し、一部の方からありがたくもお褒めの言葉をいただいたロジャー・ミフリンの冒険談のつづきをお話ししたいと思ってペンを取りました。ところがミス・ティタニア・チャップマンがあらわれ、若き宣伝マンが彼女に恋をし、むしろこの二人が物語の中心になってしまったのです。さて、一言申し添えておきますが、第八章でシドニー・ドルー氏のすばらしい才能を...