Download or read book The Christopher Morley Collection 5 Classic Works written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957) was an American journalist and writer best known for the novels The Haunted Bookshop and Parnassus on Wheels.
Download or read book The Standard Doyle Company written by Christopher Morley and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult of Sherlock Holmes and its organizational centerpiece, The Baker Street Irregulars, were products of the fertile mind of Christopher Morley (1890-1957), one of the most versatile and prolific writers of the first half of the twentieth century. Novelist, essayist, columnist, Book-of-the-Month Club judge, poet, panelist, and promoter, Morley was an avid exponent of the literature he loved. Few writers were closer to his heart than Arthur Conan Doyle, whose tales of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were still being penned during Morley's boyhood. This collection is a virtual anthology of Morley's many styles. In addition to old favorites like "In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes," the preface to the Doubleday edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes published in 1930 and probably the most widely read Sherlockian essay of them all, here are previously unpublished or never-before-collected essays, poems, short stories, and even a play. Excerpts from the fifteen years of Morley's columns in the Saturday Review of Literature and a decade of his "Clinical Notes by a Resident Patient" in the Baker Street Journal (currently published by Fordham University Press) cover ever aspect of Holmes's world - from dressing gowns to Turkish baths, from beekeeping to the "B" in 221B Baker Street. As Morley put it in his little-known reader for high-school students, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, "A Textbook of Friendship, "The beginning reader of Sherlock Holmes concerns himself with little more than attentive enjoyment, but there is a post-graduate school as well. There is a special and superior pleasure in reading anything so much more carefully than its author ever did." The Standard Doyle Company - Morley's punning title for the Baker Street Irregulars - is an advanced syllabus for the lover of Sherlockian literature and lore.
Download or read book Parnassus on Wheels written by Christopher Morley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Morley's story "Parnassus on Wheels" is a joy. Helen McGill, a middle-aged spinster, has spent her life caring for her brother Andrew and their lucrative traveling bookshop known as "Parnassus." This book is classified as historical fiction, and it is a brilliant collection of ideas compacted into a single draft for readers of all ages to read. With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of "Parnassus on Wheels" is both current and legible. She, on the other hand, yearns for adventure and freedom. Helen's life takes an unexpected turn when Roger Mifflin, an interesting and strange story salesman, appears at her door with an offer to buy Parnassus. Fearing that her brother is wasting his life on the road, Helen decides to sell the bookstore and embark on her own creative trip. As she meets new people and navigates the world of bookselling, she rapidly realizes that living on the road can be both exciting and challenging. Helen and Roger form an unusual and touching friendship as they travel together, discovering not only literary delights but additionally the joys of company.
Download or read book Pipefuls written by Christopher Morley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Morley's collection of essays includes pieces on a range of topics, including literature, travel, and cultural commentary. The book is distinguished by its literary quality and Morley's witty, idiosyncratic style. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Haunted Bookshop written by Christopher Morley and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes disappear and reappear on the shelves, but the ghosts of literature aren’t the only mysterious visitors in Roger Mifflin’s haunted bookshop. Mifflin, who hawked books out of the back of his van in Christopher Morley’s beloved Parnassus on Wheels, has finally settled down with his own secondhand bookstore in Brooklyn. There, he and his wife, Helen, are content to live and work together, prescribing literature to those who hardly know how much they need it. When Aubrey Gilbert, a young advertising man, visits the shop, he quickly falls under the spell of Mifflin’s young assistant, Titania. But something is amiss in the bookshop, something Mifflin is too distracted to notice, and Gilbert has no choice but to take the young woman’s safety into his own hands. Her life—and the Mifflins’—may depend on it. With a deep respect for the art of bookselling, and as much flair for drama as romance, Christopher Morley has crafted a lively, humorous tale for book lovers everywhere.
Download or read book kitty foyle written by chritopher morley and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christopher Morley s Philadelphia written by Christopher Morley and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Morley was one of the most celebrated American authors of the 1920s and 1930s. Best known as the author of Parnassus on Wheels and Kitty Foyle, Morley wrote for a popular audience that keenly appreciated his style, his wit, and his exuberant championing of the written word. Morley wrote most of the pieces collected in this volume from 1918 to 1920, while a columnist for the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. His assignment: to "saunter" around town and the Philadelphia suburbs, and then - usually after a leisurely lunch - report back. The result was a series of lively essays that, read now, not only reveals a city's colorful past, but sheds light on its present: much of the Philadelphia Morley explored remains intact for the native or visitor with the eye and patience to discover it. Morley's best Philadelphia work, scattered among 12 volumes published during his lifetime, have been collected in this handsome new book, which includes period illustrations by Walter Jack Duncan and Frank Taylor, and a critical introduction by Ken Kalfus. Published on May 5, 1990, on the 100th anniversary of Morley's birth, Christopher Morley's Philadelphia brings together numerous essays that have been out of print for 50 years or longer. The book joins Fordham University Press's 1988 collection, Christopher Morley's New York, as a lasting contribution to the Morley oeuvre.
Download or read book Shandygaff written by Christopher Morley and published by Alan Rodgers Books. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wanted to call these exercises Casual Ablutions, in memory of the immortal sign in the washroom of the British Museum, but my arbiter of elegance forbade it. You remember that George Gissing, homeless and penniless on London streets, used to enjoy the lavatory of the Museum Reading Room as a fountain and a shrine. But the flinty hearted trustees, finding him using the wash-stand for bath-tub and laundry, were exceeding wroth, and set up the notice these basins are for casual ablutions only I would like to issue the same warning to the implacable reader: these fugitive pieces, very casual rinsings in the great basin of letters, must not be too bitterly resented, even by their publishers. To borrow O. Henry's joke, they are more demitasso than Tasso. -- Christopher Morley
Download or read book Travels in Philadelphia written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parnassus on Wheels written by Christopher Morley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parnassus on Wheels is an incredible story of a woman in her late 30s who has never done anything but work as a governess and afterwards, a cook and caretaker for her bachelor brother, Andrew. Helen is satisfied with her existence until her brother decides to start writing books about the pleasures of country life and suddenly becomes a celebrity author. Unexpectedly he's a prominent "literary man," traveling around searching for inspiration for his next book. Andrew stops helping Helen around the farm and takes her for granted. One day Roger Mifflin, a short man with a red beard, stops at her farmhouse in a horse-drawn wagon loaded with books. After his arrival, Helen does something that changes her life entirely and leaves the readers emotionally satisfied with her decision. It's a beautifully written book with incredible descriptions and a strong main character. This heartwarming book follows a simple writing style and is a must-read for book-lovers.
Download or read book Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients Discreetly Blended Seasoned written by Christopher Morley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plum Pudding by Christopher Morley is a collection of short stories, much like the varied and scrumptious ingredients of plum pudding, which each in their sublime deliciousness contribute to the creation of the whole: English culture. Excerpt: "Express train stalled in a snowdrift," said one. "The irascible old white-haired gentleman in the Pullman smoker; the good-natured traveling salesman; the wistful young widow in the day coach, with her six-year-old blue-eyed little daughter. A coal-black Pullman porter who braves the shrieking gale to bring in a tree from the copse along the track..."
Download or read book Tales from a Rolltop Desk written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forty four Essays by Christopher Morley written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Being written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chimneysmoke written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Morley (5 May 1890 - 28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Download or read book Thursday Evening written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christopher Morley Two Classic Novels in One Volume written by Christopher Morley and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
