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The Haunted Bookshop

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First published
1919
Pages
165

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  1. The Haunted Bookshop

    30:43

  2. The Corn Cob Club

    29:45

  3. Titania Arrives

    24:53

  4. The Disappearing Volume

    24:12

  5. Aubrey Walks Part Way Home - and Rides the Rest of the Way

    13:27

  6. Titania Learns the Business

    30:00

  7. Aubrey Takes Lodgings

    21:46

  8. Aubrey Goes to the Movies, and Wishes He Knew More German

    20:21

  9. Again the Narrative is Retarded

    18:27

  10. Roger Raids the Ice-Box

    13:09

  11. Titania Tries Reading in Bed

    22:04

  12. Aubrey Determines to Give Service that is <i>Different</i>

    18:11

  13. The Battle of Ludlow Street

    20:24

  14. The <i>Cromwell</i> Makes Its Last Appearance

    24:24

  15. Mr. Chapman Waves His Wand

    22:42

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About this book

Roger Mifflin, the wandering bookseller of Parnassus on Wheels, has settled down. He now runs a secondhand shop in Brooklyn called Parnassus at Home, where books, he insists, are haunted by the ghosts of everything they contain. Into this cluttered, cozy world walks Aubrey Gilbert, a young advertising man smitten with Mifflin's new assistant, Titania. When a particular volume keeps vanishing and reappearing from the shelves, Aubrey senses something darker at work in the closing days of the First World War. Morley wraps a genuine mystery inside his love letter to bookselling, with a plot that turns on wartime intrigue. Published in 1919, it stands as one of the warmest thrillers ever set among dusty stacks. This free PDF and EPUB edition includes the complete novel.

About the author

Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) was an American writer, editor, and lifelong champion of books. A Rhodes Scholar and cofounder of the Saturday Review of Literature, he produced novels, poetry, and essays across a long career, though readers remember him best for his affectionate stories about booksellers and readers.

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Book facts

First published
1919
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
165
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
J. M. Smallheer