parnassus on wheels by christopher morley

In 1920, Morley moved one final time to Roslyn Estates in Nassau County, Long Island, commuting to the city for work as an editor of the Saturday Review of Literature. After moving his family to Philadelphia, Morley worked as an editor for Ladies’ Home Journal and then as a reporter for the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. After three years, he moved to New York, found work as a publicist and publisher’s reader at Doubleday, and married Helen Booth Fairchild. While in England, he published The Eighth Sin (1912), a volume of poems. Upon graduating as valedictorian in 1910, he went to Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship to study modern history.

In 1900, Christopher moved with his parents to Baltimore, returning to Pennsylvania in 1906 to attend Haverford College. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, he was the son of mathematics professor Frank Morley and violinist Lillian Janet Bird. R.Christopher Morley (1890-1957) was an American journalist, poet, and novelist. Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley.How could a bibliophile like myself not fall for a book with this quote: Plus, there's lots of discussion and descriptions about great books. Helen is a spunky heroine, Roger is quirky and charming, and hilarity ensues.

Much to her brother's chagrin, she buys Parnassus for herself and takes off to make her fortune and spread the gospels of good literature to the masses. She decides it's time she had her own adventures. She knows that Andrew will buy the caravan and leave her again, carrying on all the responsibilities of the farm and the house while he's off gallivanting. Roger thinks that Andrew is the perfect person to buy Parnassus lock, stock and barrel, but Helen has had enough. He is Roger Mifflin, the owner of a traveling bookshop, the eponymous Parnassus on Wheels, and he's ready to settle down. One day, a funny little man with a traveling caravan approaches the farm while Andrew is out. However, now that Andrew is A Famous Novelist, he tends to wander off in search of new material, leaving her to carry on all the everyday work. Their departure to rural life inspired Andrew to write several popular books on the glories of country living and simpler times, etc, etc. Her brother, Andrew McGill, is a well-regarded writer who purchased the farm after his business failed. It's the story of Helen McGill, a 39-year-old spinster living with her brother on a farm in upstate New York. Published in 1917, Parnassus on Wheels is the prequel to Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookshop. It's a book about book lovers, and it's just 124 pages! But it was delightful! If you're looking for a quick, fun read, this is one I'd highly recommend. I think I ended up checking five different novellas out of the library, but I was only able to finish one. I know I'm catching the tail end, but I did want to write a quick post about the only novella I was able to manage this month for the August Art of the Novella Challenge.

Parnassus on wheels by christopher morley