Historical Fiction
Parnassus on Wheels and the Haunted Bookshop
2016·240 pages
Two charming classics follow bookseller Roger Mifflin through a traveling bookshop romance and a Brooklyn mystery celebrating the joy of reading.
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Two charming classics follow bookseller Roger Mifflin through a traveling bookshop romance and a Brooklyn mystery celebrating the joy of reading.
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Christopher Morley was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and poet. Morley was a prolific writer and is now best remembered for the novels Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop. Parnassus on Wheels, published in 1917, is Morley's first novel. The book tells the story of Roger Mifflin and his travelling book-selling business. The Haunted Bookshop is the sequel to Parnassus on Wheels. The action is set in Brooklyn near the end of World War I and continues to tell the story of Roger ...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Sweet chaste courtship and marriage; kissing and attraction, no explicit content
Violence & gore
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Mild peril, a roadside brawl, escapes, and light thriller tension; not graphic
Profanity
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No strong language present
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Haunting is metaphorical for literature; no fantasy magic
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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WWI-era setting and intrigue; feminist independence; books as civic good
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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