Die Vorgeschichte zum Leserliebling „Das Haus der vergessenen Bücher“: Bevor Büchernarr Roger Mifflin sich dem stationären Buchhandel in Brooklyn zuwendet, ist er als fahrender Buchhändler mit seinem Planwagen in New England unterwegs. Dort trifft er auf die resolute Helen McGill, die gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder eine Farm bewirtschaftet. Kurz entschlossen kauft sie Mifflin, der das Vagabundendasein gründlich satt hat, den Bücherwagen samt Pferd und Hund ab und entdeckt die wunderbare Welt der Literatur und die Liebe.
New York, 1919. Roger Mifflin hat seine größte Leidenschaft, das Lesen, zum Beruf gemacht. In seinem Antiquariat in Brooklyn findet man ihn dort, wo der Tabakrauch am dichtesten ist. Unterstützt wird er von seiner ebenso patenten wie resoluten Ehefrau und seinem Hund Bock - Bock wie Boccacio. Bücher sind Mifflins Leben. Von Werbemaßnahmen für sein Geschäft will er allerdings nichts wissen, und so lässt er den jungen Aubrey Gilbert, angestellt bei der Grey Matter Agency, ziemlich abblitzen, als der ihm seine Dienste anbietet. Dennoch freunden sich die beiden an, und bald kommt Gilbert täglich ins Geschäft. Was auch an Mifflins neuer Hilfskraft liegen mag - der schönen Titania Chapman, deren Leben in Gefahr zu sein scheint. Und das gilt nicht nur für ihr Leben ...
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Set in the early 20th century, the narrative follows Roger Mifflin, a traveling bookseller, and Helen McGill, an aging spinster who seeks independence by purchasing his mobile business. Their adventures lead to a sequel where Roger operates a traditional bookstore, "The Haunted Bookshop." Here, he becomes engrossed in his work, oblivious to the espionage and threats surrounding him. Christopher Morley's works blend charm with mystery, captivating readers with timeless tales of adventure and intrigue.
Even if James Boswell hadn't written the The Life of Johnson, he would be famous for this memoir of eighteenth-century London life. Boswell arrived in the great metropolis from his native Edinburgh in 1762, and he kept a daily journal of his nine-month sojourn. Bawdy, witty, and brimming with fascinating details, the accounts range from his illicit encounters with prostitutes to his momentous meeting with Samuel Johnson. Boswell's London diary disappeared for 150 years, finally turning up in the 1920s as the literary find of the twentieth century. Unlike his other journals, it escaped nineteenth-century bowdlerization, allowing the author's voice to emerge with strikingly modern candor. Boswell writes frankly of his struggles with depression and his sexual obsessions. His painstaking records of the lively repartee of his mentor's literary circle formed the backbone of The Life of Johnson, and just as that book proved him a worthy biographer, so this one shows him an equally captivating subject.
Set in the tranquil Canine Estates, the story follows Gissing, a solitary bachelor living comfortably with his Japanese butler, Fuji. Despite his peaceful existence and stable income from a respectable family, Gissing finds himself embroiled in curious adventures. The narrative hints at the contrast between his serene lifestyle and the unexpected events that unfold, leaving the reasons for his peculiar experiences unexplained. The book explores themes of solitude, the unexpected nature of life, and the complexity of human experiences.
The narrative follows Mr. Gissing, an anthropomorphized dog, as he embarks on a profound journey exploring truth, God, and the meaning of life. Blending philosophy, religion, and humor, the story offers deep insights into existence, enhanced by Arthur Rackham's enchanting illustrations, which bring the whimsical elements of the tale to life.
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. 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.
Parnassus on Wheels traces a middle-aged woman's winsome adventures as a traveling bookseller. Its sequel, The Haunted Bookshop, unfolds in a Brooklyn store that attracts a nefarious plot as well as a budding romance.
