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Parnassus on wheels by Christopher Morley

'When you sell a man a book, ' says Roger Mifflin, protagonist of this classic bookselling novel, 'you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue --you sell him a whole new life.' The new life the itinerant bookman delivers to Helen McGill, the narrator of Parnassus on Wheels, provides the romantic comedy that drives the novel. Published in 1917, Morley's first love letter to the traffic in books remains a transporting entertainment.

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  • "Parnassus on wheels"@it
  • "Parnassus on wheels"
  • "Haverford edition"
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  • "'When you sell a man a book, ' says Roger Mifflin, protagonist of this classic bookselling novel, 'you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue --you sell him a whole new life.' The new life the itinerant bookman delivers to Helen McGill, the narrator of Parnassus on Wheels, provides the romantic comedy that drives the novel. Published in 1917, Morley's first love letter to the traffic in books remains a transporting entertainment."@en
  • "Parnassus on Wheels is a 1917 novel written by Christopher Morley and published by Doubleday, Page & Company. The title refers to the Mount Parnassus of Greek mythology; it was the home of the Muses. Parnassus on Wheels is 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 ailing older brother, Andrew."@en
  • "Parnassus on wheels is the story of Roger Mifflin who drives his traveling book wagon, named Parnassus, through the New England countryside of 1915 on a self-imposed mission of enlightenment."@en
  • "I imagined him in his beloved Brooklyn, strolling in Prospect Park and preaching to chance comers about his gospel of good books. "When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, the sprite-like book peddler at the center of this classic novella, "you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue'you sell him a whole new life." In this beguiling but little-known prequel to Christopher Morley's 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 life in books. The Art of The Novella Series Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time."@en
  • "In PARNASSUS ON WHEELS (prequel to THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP), rapidly-approaching-middle-age Helen McGill lives a drab life caring for her older brother, Andrew, a former businessman turned farmer, turned author. When bookseller Roger Mifflin shows up at the farm, Helen buys his unusual traveling bookstore and embarks on an adventure of her own."@en
  • "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."
  • "A horse drawn bookmobile, an eccentric literary fanatic, and a middle-aged housekeeper are drawn together by adventure and love."@en
  • "Parnassus on wheels is the story of a marvelous man, small in stature, wiry as a cat, yet Olympic in personality. Roger Mifflin is part pixie, part sage, part noble savage, and all God's creature. With his traveling book wagon named Parnassus, he moves through the New England countryside of 1915 on an itinerant mission of enlightenment. Mifflin's delight in books and authors (if not publishers) is infectious. With his singular philosophy and bright eyes, he comes to represent the heart and soul of the book world."@en
  • "I imagined him in his beloved Brooklyn, strolling in Prospect Park and preaching to chance comers about his gospel of good books. "When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, the sprite-like book peddler at the center of this classic novella, "you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue--you sell him a whole new life." In this beguiling but little-known prequel to Christopher Morley's beloved Haunted 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 life in books."
  • "Spinster of thirty-nine buys book-van and starts out on the country roads for an adventure. For other editions, see Author Catalog."@en
  • "Spinster of thirty-nine buys book-van and starts out on the country roads for an adventure. For other editions, see Author Catalog."

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  • "Translations"@he
  • "American fiction"@he
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "Historical fiction"@en
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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Road fiction"@en
  • "Road fiction"

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  • "輪子上的帕那索斯 = Parnassus on wheels"
  • "Il Parnaso ambulante"
  • "Il Parnaso ambulante"@it
  • "Parnassus on wheels by Christopher Morley"@en
  • "Lun zi shang de bo na suo si = Parnassus on wheels"
  • "Parnassus on Wheels"@en
  • "Parnassus on Wheels"
  • "Parnaso ambulante"
  • "Parnassus on wheels"@en
  • "Parnassus on wheels"
  • "Lun zi shang de Panasuosi = Parnassus on wheels"
  • "La Librería ambulante"
  • "Parnass und Pegasus"
  • "Lun zi shang de pa na suo si = Parnassus on wheels"
  • "Parnass und Pegasus [Erzählung]"
  • "La librería ambulante"@es
  • "פרנסוס על גלגלים"
  • "O parnaso sobre rodas"
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