Christopher Morley

The Haunted Bookshop

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Christopher Morley



Roger Mifflin is the somewhat eccentric proprietor of The Haunted Bookshop, a second-hand bookstore in Brooklyn that is "haunted by the…

Parnassus on Wheels

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Christopher Morley



Parnassus on Wheels is about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-…

Kathleen

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A group called the Scorpions, eight Oxford undergraduates, find a letter Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. They build up an image of…

Modern Essays

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Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

Pipefuls

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A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…

In the Sweet Dry and Dry

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Written just before Prohibition to entail the possible troubles that might happen en route. Both sides of the argument, or battle as the cas…

Mince Pie

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Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…

Shandygaff

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A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the whole most Diverting to th…

Chimneysmoke

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Christopher Morley



A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)

Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned

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Christopher Morley



Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic ou…

Religio Journalistici

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The great Canadian journalist and humorist ruminates and reflects upon his life and calling in this 1924 little gem. - Summary by david wale…

The Powder of Sympathy

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Another collection of mostly short “soliloquys” from Christopher Morley, an American literary luminary, who introduces them thus: “… these p…

Where the Blue Begins

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In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift…

Plum Pudding (version 2)

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Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…