The Haunted Bookshop
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• Author: |
Christopher Morley |
• Year Written: |
1919 |
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• Nationality: |
American |
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• Genre: |
Mystery |
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• Cover Artist: |
Andrew Marston
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• Voice Actor: |
TBA |
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• Recorded by: |
Antland Productions
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• Length: |
TBA |
Rushing to work, rushing to the store, rushing to exercise, rushing through chores...do you feel like too much your life is spent in a hurry? Why not spend some of that "rushing" time in the enjoyment of a story or two? Our GROWN-UP AUDIOBOOKS can provide the entertainment of a "time tested tale" while you commute, jog, or clean your house. Life is only so long; enjoy as much of it as possible. After all, what's the rush?
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Kalliope's Review |
"Love mysteries? Enjoy suspense? Frequent book stores? Then this is the perfect story for you! It has everything that an avid mystery aficionado would crave: stolen books, break ins, kidnap plots, a mysterious suitcase, stealthy characters and bombs. If those weren't enough, you are also treated to author exposés, book reviews, and even a few choice quoted lines of famous texts. I bet you know a book lover who would be thrilled to hear this "haunting" tale! ~ Kalliope |
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Short Book Summary |
Written by American author Christopher Morley in 1919, this story set in New York, has nothing whatsoever to do with the supernatural. Instead, the "ghosts of good literature" haunt the Brooklyn bookshop and are often the subject of proprietor Roger Mifflin's conversations. Mifflin is joined in this mystery by Titania, the lovely daughter of an old friend apprenticed to him as a book seller, and an advertising man named Aubrey Gilbert. Though quite suspenseful, this book makes no secret of the author's high opinion of reading and literature. |
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Read First Paragraph |
"If you are ever in Brooklyn, that borough of superb sunsets and magnificent vistas of husband-propelled baby-carriages, it is to be hoped you may chance upon a quiet by-street where there is a very remarkable bookshop. This bookshop, which does business under the unusual name "Parnassus at Home," is housed in one of the comfortable old brown-stone dwellings which have been the joy of several generations of plumbers and cockroaches. The owner of the business has been at pains to remodel the house to make it a more suitable shrine for his trade, which deals entirely in second-hand volumes. There is no second-hand bookshop in the world more worthy of respect." |
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Quote: the Scribe |
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
~Henry Ward Beecher ( 1813 - 1887 ) |