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Værker af Christopher Morley

The Haunted Bookshop (1919) 1,997 eksemplarer
Parnassus on Wheels (1917) 1,744 eksemplarer
Kitty Foyle (1939) 183 eksemplarer
Where the Blue Begins (1922) 159 eksemplarer
Thunder on the Left (1925) 139 eksemplarer
The Trojan Horse (1937) 88 eksemplarer
Human Being (1932) 60 eksemplarer
Shandygaff (1918) 51 eksemplarer
Pipefuls (1920) 46 eksemplarer
Thorofare (1942) 41 eksemplarer
Mince Pie (1919) 41 eksemplarer
Ex Libris Carissimis (1932) 41 eksemplarer
I Know a Secret (1927) 38 eksemplarer
Ex Libris (1936) 37 eksemplarer
The Romany Stain (1926) 36 eksemplarer
Modern Essays (1921) — Redaktør — 34 eksemplarer
Chimneysmoke (1777) 32 eksemplarer
John Mistletoe (1931) 31 eksemplarer
Travels in Philadelphia (1920) 30 eksemplarer
Swiss Family Manhattan (1932) 30 eksemplarer
Songs for a Little House (1917) 29 eksemplarer
Pleased To Meet You (1927) 27 eksemplarer
Kathleen (1920) 26 eksemplarer
Pandora Lifts the Lid (1924) 25 eksemplarer
Christopher Morley's New York (1988) 23 eksemplarer
Tales From a Rolltop Desk (2016) 23 eksemplarer
The Arrow (1927) 21 eksemplarer
In the Sweet Dry and Dry (2009) 21 eksemplarer
Rudolph and Amina (1931) 20 eksemplarer
Seacoast of Bohemia (1929) 20 eksemplarer
The Powder of Sympathy (1923) 19 eksemplarer
Translations from the Chinese (1922) 19 eksemplarer
The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed (1942) 19 eksemplarer
Essays (1928) 16 eksemplarer
Off the Deep End (1929) 15 eksemplarer
Inward Ho! (1923) 14 eksemplarer
History of an autumn (1939) 14 eksemplarer
The Panorama of Modern Literature (1934) 14 eksemplarer
Streamlines (1936) 14 eksemplarer
The Ironing Board (1949) 14 eksemplarer
44 Essays (1925) 13 eksemplarer
Notes on Bermuda 13 eksemplarer
Gentlemen's Relish (1955) 13 eksemplarer
The Rocking Horse (2004) 12 eksemplarer
Internal Revenue (1933) 12 eksemplarer
Christopher Morley's Philadelphia (1990) 12 eksemplarer
Parsons' pleasure (2005) 11 eksemplarer
Born in a Beer Garden 10 eksemplarer
Poems (1936) 10 eksemplarer
Mandarin in Manhattan. (1933) 10 eksemplarer
Rehearsal, a Play 9 eksemplarer
Shakespeare and Hawaii 9 eksemplarer
Religio Journalistici (2011) 9 eksemplarer
One Act Plays 9 eksemplarer
Hide and seek 9 eksemplarer
Morley's Magnum (1935) 9 eksemplarer
Passivity program 9 eksemplarer
The Eight Sin 8 eksemplarer
Preface to "Bartlett" (1937) 8 eksemplarer
"When we speak of a tenth--" (1931) 7 eksemplarer
Letters of Askance (1939) 7 eksemplarer
The Bowling Green 6 eksemplarer
Morleys Variety (1944) 6 eksemplarer
Spirit level, and other poems (1946) 6 eksemplarer
Eine Buchhandlung auf Reisen (2016) 6 eksemplarer
Friends, Romans .... 6 eksemplarer
The curious case of Kenelm Digby (1975) 5 eksemplarer
The palette knife (1929) 5 eksemplarer
Christopher Morely's Omnibus (1933) 5 eksemplarer
Outward bound 5 eksemplarer
Toulemonde 5 eksemplarer
No Crabb No Christmas 5 eksemplarer
Conrad and the Reporters (1923) 5 eksemplarer
Murder with a Difference (1946) 4 eksemplarer
On the nose 4 eksemplarer
A Letter to Leonora (1928) 4 eksemplarer
Impromptu poem for Ben Abramson (1931) 4 eksemplarer
Two fables 4 eksemplarer
Good theatre 4 eksemplarer
Goodbye to Spring. (1937) 4 eksemplarer
Safety pins and other essays (1925) 4 eksemplarer
The child and the book 4 eksemplarer
Christmas Eve 3 eksemplarer
The Last Pipe 3 eksemplarer
The Ship Tusitala 3 eksemplarer
Kitty Foyle matchbook 3 eksemplarer
Kitty 3 eksemplarer
And a sun-burned nose 3 eksemplarer
The Story of Ginger Cubes (2014) 3 eksemplarer
MODERN ESSAYS--SECOND SERIES (1927) 3 eksemplarer
Proofreader's mind 3 eksemplarer
Rare Books: An Essay 3 eksemplarer
Kathleen, pp. 1-171 (2015) 3 eksemplarer
The Gutenberg address 2 eksemplarer
Poscimur 2 eksemplarer
Goudiamus igitur 2 eksemplarer
Information Please 2 eksemplarer
[Note card] 2 eksemplarer
On belonging to clubs 2 eksemplarer
The arrow and two other stories (2004) 2 eksemplarer
Paumanok 2 eksemplarer
Trueno a la izquierda 2 eksemplarer
Trade winds 2 eksemplarer
A golden string 2 eksemplarer
La macchina da scrivere (1996) 2 eksemplarer
Middle Kingdom Poems 1929-1944 (2022) 2 eksemplarer
Modern Essays for schools (1921) 2 eksemplarer
BR's secret passion 2 eksemplarer
Jan Struther's Mrs. Miniver (1942) 2 eksemplarer
The Works of Christopher Morley (2012) 2 eksemplarer
In Modern Dress: A One-Act Play (1929) 2 eksemplarer
The Christmas tobacco 2 eksemplarer
Christmas cards 2 eksemplarer
A Hymn for America 1 eksemplar
Garridebean games 1 eksemplar
The Fifth Seal 1 eksemplar
Purely Original 1 eksemplar
Baedeker Fibbed 1 eksemplar
Foggy Bottom 1 eksemplar
Lucky Dio 1 eksemplar
East of Eden 1 eksemplar
Christopher Morley 1 eksemplar
Geladen Atmosfeer 1 eksemplar
The Century 1 eksemplar
Lidská bytost 1 eksemplar
Check 1 eksemplar
Quatre Morceaux 1 eksemplar
Around the clock 1 eksemplar
El caballo de Troya 1 eksemplar
Virtigo 1 eksemplar
Jerry's Back Room 1 eksemplar
Tuono a sinistra 1 eksemplar
One of the Family 1 eksemplar
The Claque quacks 1 eksemplar
For Goodness' Sake 1 eksemplar
Powders of Sympathy 1 eksemplar
Expense report 1 eksemplar
Trojan Horse ad 1 eksemplar
Paumonok archive 1 eksemplar
Reversible Sonnet 1 eksemplar
Old Mole 1 eksemplar
On Ben Abramson 1 eksemplar
Kitty Foyle Archive 1 eksemplar
Autograph 1 eksemplar
Saki 1 eksemplar
Parnassus at Home 1 eksemplar
Pulling Seaweed 1 eksemplar
Oxford Yarns 1 eksemplar
Bran Gems recipe 1 eksemplar
A song about Cider 1 eksemplar
March 25, 1930 1 eksemplar
17 Heriot Row 1 eksemplar
Dandy Dandelion 1 eksemplar
Barns 1 eksemplar
To the Little House 1 eksemplar
To His Executors 1 eksemplar
Thomas Bird Mosher 1 eksemplar
Te Deum Laudanum 1 eksemplar
Animal Crackers 1 eksemplar
The Foundry 1 eksemplar
The Black Beetles 1 eksemplar
When We Were Parted 1 eksemplar
Heywood 1 eksemplar
Surprise Package 1 eksemplar
Verloren, Verloren 1 eksemplar
Washing the dishes 1 eksemplar
Two sonnets 1 eksemplar
Traffic 1 eksemplar
Pessimism 1 eksemplar
Parnassus on Wheels (Volume 1) (2017) 1 eksemplar
The Unmentionable 1 eksemplar
Floating Particles 1 eksemplar
LETTER TO LEONORA 1 eksemplar
REALLY, MY DEAR... 1 eksemplar
Esoterica viniana 1 eksemplar
A Christmas salute 1 eksemplar
Madonna and Child 1 eksemplar
Hamlet 1 eksemplar
The Owl 1 eksemplar
Behave Yourself 1 eksemplar
Hoboken Nights 1 eksemplar
Abandoned Husbands 1 eksemplar
No turn on Red! 1 eksemplar
One Night Stand 1 eksemplar
New York One Way 1 eksemplar
Miss Libby 1 eksemplar
Unique 1 eksemplar
A Goodbye 1 eksemplar
Bookmark 1 eksemplar
Match books 1 eksemplar
Autographed slip 1 eksemplar
The Havefordian 1 eksemplar
A Little Back Room 1 eksemplar

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Juridisk navn
Morley, Christopher Darlington
Fødselsdato
1890-05-05
Dødsdag
1957-03-28
Begravelsessted
Roslyn Cemetery, Roslyn, New York, USA
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA (birth)
Fødested
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Dødssted
Roslyn Heights, Long Island, New York, USA
Bopæl
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Roslyn Heights, New York, USA
Uddannelse
Haverford College
Oxford University (New College)
Erhverv
journalist
novelist
essayist
poet
columnist
Relationer
Morley, Felix (brother)
Morley, F. V. (brother)
Morley, Frank (father)
Organisationer
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1936)
Baker Street Irregulars (founder)
Book-of-the-Month Club (judge)
New York Post (New York Evening Post)
Kort biografi
Christopher Morley (5 May 1890 – 28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.

Morley was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His father, Frank Morley, was a mathematics professor at Haverford College; his mother, Lilian Janet Bird, was a violinist who provided Christopher with much of his later love for literature and poetry.

In 1900 the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1906 Christopher entered Haverford College, graduating in 1910 as valedictorian. He then went to New College, Oxford, for three years on a Rhodes scholarship, studying modern history.

In 1913 Morley completed his Oxford studies and moved to New York City, New York. On June 14, 1914, he married Helen Booth Fairchild, with whom he would have four children, including Louise Morley Cochrane. They first lived in Hempstead, and then in Queens Village. They then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1920 they made their final move, to a house they called "Green Escape" in Roslyn Estates, New York. They remained there for the rest of his life. In 1936 he built a cabin at the rear of the property (The Knothole), which he maintained as his writing study from then on.

In 1951 Morley suffered a series of strokes, which greatly reduced his voluminous literary output. He died on 28 March 1957, and was buried in the Roslyn Cemetery in Nassau County, New York. After his death, two New York newspapers published his last message to his friends:

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

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Taken on its own, this book is an enjoyable page-turner. But as a follow-up to Parnassus on Wheels, it suffers by comparison. In his earlier book, Morley had created two unforgettable characters to flesh out the joy and wisdom of simple book lovers. In this sequel, Helen and Roger take supporting roles (except for Roger’s overly-long soliloquies, not as pithy as those in Parnassus). The foreground story is a secret agent crime thriller crossed with a tale of young love. Suitable for a rainy afternoon, and it made me nostalgic for the simple old used bookshops I used to haunt.… (mere)
 
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HenrySt123 | 91 andre anmeldelser | Aug 27, 2023 |
I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a book this much. It’s written in a loping, laconic style reminiscent of Mark Twain, yet makes a serious point: good books should not be embalmed in five-foot shelves nor be the exclusive preserve of an urban, educated elite.
That, at any rate, is the conviction of Roger Mifflin, a short, bald, red-bearded firebrand who peddles books with missionary zeal from a horse-drawn wagon on rural backroads up and down the east coast. There’s an ironic twist to this democratic vision, though: he once lectured in Camden, N. J., where he maintained that Tennyson was a greater poet than Whitman (the poet who lived in their midst).
Yet Mifflin is afflicted by loneliness and decides to sell out to the author he admires most, Andrew McGill, a rustic rhapsodist modeled on “David Grayson” (the pseudonym of Roy Stannard Baker). He pulls up at McGill’s farm, and to prevent this, McGill’s sister and housekeeper Helen purchases the rig herself and sets off with Mifflin on the first adventure of her life.
So what is a good book? Let Helen tell us: “A good book ought to have something simple about it. And, like Eve, it ought to come from somewhere near the third rib: there ought to be a heart beating in it. A story that’s all forehead doesn’t amount to much.” That may not be the last word on the subject, but it’s a pretty good one.
… (mere)
 
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HenrySt123 | 106 andre anmeldelser | Aug 17, 2023 |
Well that was just about perfect.
 
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beentsy | 106 andre anmeldelser | Aug 12, 2023 |
I believe it was a character in another book who recommended this forgotten little story to me. It's about a woman who goes off adventuring in a mobile bookstore, and I'm here for that in any era.
 
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Medlemmer
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Popularitet
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Vurdering
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ISBN
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