Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 379 Morley, Christopher 1890 1957 Morley, Christopher Darlington Parnassus on Wheels Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Etext produced by Andrew Sly HTML file produced by David Widger "Parnassus on Wheels" by Christopher Morley is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces Helen McGill, who embarks on an unexpected adventure after deciding to take control of her life and do something different from her routine existence on the family farm. Tired of her brother Andrew's literary ambitions interfering with their once peaceful life, Helen buys a traveling bookstore from the quirky and passionate Roger Mifflin, setting the stage for a journey filled with humor, self-discovery, and the joys of literature. At the start of the tale, we meet Helen as she reflects on her life with her brother Andrew, a successful author who has begun to let literary pursuits dictate their life on the farm. After Andrew’s publishing success disrupts their simple farming lifestyle, Helen is determined to reclaim her identity and experience the joys outside of domesticity. When the eccentric Mr. Mifflin arrives, offering to sell his traveling bookstore, Helen finds the impetus she needs to change her life. Overcoming her reservations, she impulsively buys the mobile bookshop to embark on a journey, leading to a hilarious and revealing encounter with her brother as well as the broader world beyond the farm. The opening sets a lighthearted yet profound tone that blends themes of personal freedom and the transformative power of literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction PS Text Bibliomania Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 252539 252540 2024-10-03T04:47:14.602971 2023-10-03T05:08:36.559403 text/html text/html 252921 2019-05-16T14:09:30 text/html 166968 2024-10-03T04:47:22.054928 application/epub+zip 171051 2024-10-03T04:47:18.096936 application/epub+zip 162967 2024-10-03T04:47:16.787972 application/epub+zip 333401 2024-10-03T04:47:25.036931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314688 2024-10-03T04:47:21.213929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286578 2022-09-03T06:49:55.230815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215662 215597 2024-10-03T04:47:14.032472 2023-10-03T05:08:36.124482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 215361 2012-08-29T08:40:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85171 2012-08-29T08:40:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20154 2024-10-03T04:47:25.159896 application/rdf+xml 15392 2024-10-03T04:47:17.332951 image/jpeg 3815 2024-10-03T04:47:17.059935 image/jpeg 89204 2019-05-16T14:10:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 164544 2024-10-03T04:47:14.624957 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia