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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.

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... Read Full Overview

The Haunted Bookshop (1919) is a novel by Christopher Morley. Although less popular than Kitty Foyle (1939), a novel adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The Haunted Bookshop is a fast-paced thriller that deserves a modern audience. From unassuming beginnings... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

The Haunted Bookshop begins with a young advertising man, Aubrey Gilbert, stopping by a bookstore named (appropriately) The Haunted Bookshop' in the hopes of finding a new client. Gilbert meets the proprietor, Roger Mifflin. He does not succeed in selling advertising copy, but... Read Full Overview

Short excerpt: 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.

Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookshop is a charming literary mystery set in the world of books, ideas, and quiet intrigue.

Roger Mifflin, the eccentric proprietor of a Brooklyn secondhand bookshop, believes deeply in the power of books to shape the... Read Full Overview

Short excerpt: 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 book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete... Read Full Overview

The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place especially of an evening when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes. Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others familiar visitors dropped... Read Full Overview

Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957) was an American journalist and writer best known for the novels The Haunted Bookshop and Parnassus on Wheels.