The Haunted Bookshop

Download or read book The Haunted Bookshop written by Christopher Morley and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voice was very hoarse and far away. But Irralie had fancied she heard something before. And this time she felt sure enough to stop the horses in their own length, while she herself stood up to peer this way and that across the tufts of salt bush and the spaces of pure sand. The Haunted Bookshop is a 1919 novel by Christopher Morley. It has remained a popular representative of the "bibliomystery," a mystery story set in the world of books. This is a suspenseful novel set in Brooklyn around the time of the end of World War I. It continues the story of Roger Mifflin, the book seller in Parnassus on Wheels. It also details an adventure of Miss Titania Chapman and a young advertising man named Aubrey Gilbert. The Haunted Bookshop is not a novel of the supernatural. Rather, the name refers to the ghosts of the past that haunt all libraries and bookstores: "the ghosts of all great literature." Throughout the novel Morley, through the character of Roger Mifflin, makes reference to the knowledge and wisdom that one can gain from literature. Characters in The Haunted Bookshop Roger Mifflin: Bookseller, proprietor of The Haunted Bookshop. Aubrey Gilbert: Young advertising man who suspects illicit acts are occurring. Bock: Roger Mifflin's dog, a mustard-colored terrier named for Boccaccio. Helen Mifflin: Mr. Mifflin's wife. George Chapman: A client of Gilbert, friend of Mifflin, and father of Titania. Titania Chapman: A young lady apprenticed to Mr. Mifflin. Mr. Weintraub: A pharmacist neighbor to Mifflin. Mrs. J. F. Smith: Who abides in all lodging houses. Metzger: Assistant chef at the Octagon Hotel.