Roger mifflin rolls into the farmyard in the parnassus on wheels of the title. This is a pre1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. In this beguiling but littleknown prequel to christopher morleys belovedhaunted bookshop, the whole new life that the traveling bookman delivers to helen mcgill, the narrator of parnassus on wheels, provides the romantic comedy that drives this charming love letter to a. Hes been travelling around the countryside evangelizing about literature but hes ready to pack it in to write a book of his own. It tells the story of helen mcgill who is getting tired of taking care of her older brother andrew who has recently become a famous homespun author and who is spending less and less time doing the farm chores that are supposed to be his end of the bargain. His first work was the 1917 parnassus on wheels, a short novel with considerable charm.
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Januarys book club pick, selected in large part because of its short length. With his traveling book wagon named parnassus, he moves through the new england countryside of 1915 on an itinerant mission of enlightenment. The title refers to the mount parnassus of greek mythology. Parnassus on wheels is christopher morleys first novel, and the first of two. Christopher morley free books for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Parnassus on wheels is the story of a marvelous man, small in stature, wiry as a cat, yet olympic in personality. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Parnassus on wheels, by christopher morley standard ebooks. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Feb, 2015 parnassus on wheels ebook written by christopher morley. Parnassus on wheels this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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