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Parnassus on Wheels

Christopher Morley

Book Overview: 

Parnassus on Wheels is about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care of her ailing older brother, Andrew. (summary from wikipedia)

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I've been there three or four times—and he'll buy about five dollars' worth if I know him. First time I went there I sold him 'Treasure Island,' and he's talking about it yet. I sold him 'Robinson Crusoe,' and 'Little Women' for his daughter, and 'Huck Finn,' and Grubb's book about 'The Potato.' Last time I was there he wanted some Shakespeare, but I wouldn't give it to him. I didn't think he was up to it yet."

I began to see something of the little man's idealism in his work. He was a kind of traveling missionary in his way. A hefty talker, too. His eyes were twinkling now and I could see him warming up.

"Lord!" he said, "when you sell a man a book you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night—there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean. Jiminy! If I were the baker or the butcher or the broo. . . Read More

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Parnassus (the mountain of the muses in Greek mythology) on Wheels is a fun little book not too much over a hundred years old now. The Greek muses were goddesses of the arts and sciences such as poetry, history, and music—nine goddesses in all. Parnassus here refers to sort of early 20th century boo

"يالنا من ضحايا عبثيين للرغبات المتناقضة إذا استقر المرء في مكان واحد فإنه يتوق إلى التجوال وحينما يتجول فهو يتوق إلى أن يكون لديه سكن ومع ذلك فكم يبدو الرضا امرا حيوانيا إذ أن جميع الأشياء العظيم في الحياة يقوم بها أناس ساخطون.."

رواية كلاسيكية امريكية خفيفة !
وعلى غير العادة مش بتتكلم عن العنصرية او

عندما تبيعين كتابا لرجل، فأنت لا تبيعينه مجرد اثنتي عشرة أوقية من الورق والحبر والصمغ، بل تبيعينه حياة جديدة بأكملها. الحب، والصداقة، والفكاهة، والسفن في عرض البحر ليلا، والسماء والأرض بأكملهما موجودان داخل كتاب، أعني بذلك الكتاب الحقيقي

هيلين ماكجيل سيدة تعيش في المزرعة مع اخوها اند

خفيفة ورقيقة ولذيذة اوي
خلصتها تحت ضوء القمر ❤️

تصل هذه الحكاية للكاتب من السيدة هيلين ميفلين و هي تروي قصتها مع السيد ميفلين و مكتبته المتنقلة.

تروي لنا "هيلين" مغامرتها التي غيرت حياتها. تعيش هيلين وحيدة في المزرعة بينما أخوها "أندرو" الذي تحول لكاتب مشهور فجأة يذهب في رحلاته لجمع معلومات لكتبه الجديدة. قضت سنوات عمرها الاربعين ترعي اخوها و تدي

Una lectura corta pero genial, de esas que no quieres que se acaben. Entrañable, divertida... ¡Me he pasado sus casi 200 páginas sin parar de sonreír!
La historia sigue a una mujer de casi 40 años, que vive con su hermano en una granja dedicada a las tareas del hogar. De pronto un día un librero ambu

This is an old-fashioned, sweet novella published in 1917, about a self-described "fat old woman" (she's only 39) who's never done anything but work as a governess and, later, cook and keep house for her bachelor brother, Andrew. Helen is content with her existence until her brother decides to start

What is a good book?

".…A good book ought to have something simple about it. And, like Eve, it ought to come from somewhere near the third rib; there ought to be a heart beating in it."

Check, check and check.

This is a simple, sweet story (160 pages) about a bookstore on wheels called Parnassus, the w

I'll admit to being sort of torn on how many stars to give this story. At times I feel like I'm a little too liberal with how I fling 5 stars around at book reviews. In this case, the story wasn't anything so complex. It was just a short, simple adventure vaguely reminiscent of The Adventures of Tom

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