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Parnassus on Wheels

by Christopher Morley · 1917

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"I warn you," said the funny-looking little man with the red beard, "I'm here to sell this caravan of culture, and by the bones of Swinburne I think your brother's the man to buy it." Christopher Morley's unforgettably weird classic tale of adventure on a traveling bookstore called Parnassus, drawn by a steed called Pegasus. Not to be missed.

Genre
humorhistorical fictionadventuremysteryromance
Setting
New York
Subject
travel
Audience
adult
Length
short · 152 pages
Form
novellashort stories

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