Christopher Morley

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children.

Indipendente e coraggiosa, Kitty Foyle è la tipica donna in carriera americana. Lavora per la bizzarra Delphine Detaille, creatrice di un famoso profumo, e condivide la casa con altre ragazze, grandi chiacchierone, fumatrici e bevitrici di caffè. In Kitty coesistono l'ansia e la frenesia di New York e la mentalità piccolo borghese del Midwest, le voglie del nascente consumismo e le preoccupazioni che accompagnarono il crollo della Borsa nel 1929....

Mysterious things begin, happening to a young advertising man after visiting, The Haunted Bookshop.

Prepárese para entrar en un mundo único y lleno de encanto, donde el tiempo se ha detenido: estamos en la segunda década del siglo XX, en unos Estados Unidos todavía rurales y de paisajes idílicos, donde conviven los viejos carromatos y los novísimos automóviles; Roger Mifflin, un librero ambulante que desea regresar a Brooklyn para redactar sus memorias, vende su singular librería sobre ruedas (junto a su yegua y su perro) a la ya madura...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The charm of Christopher Morley's first novel, Parnassus on Wheels, lies in its improbability: a romance between middle-aged lovers who have had no expectation or even hope of romance until now. Also, like much of Morley's work, it's a love song to the redemptive power of books and reading. It's a story with the easy rhythms of rural life; the slow, autumnal rhythm...