Parnassus on Wheels (Classic Reprint)

from ElizabethChapman

I am astonished to see how many LibraryThingers have reviewed this book! It was totally unknown to me until recommended by a friend. This novel is perhaps the ultimate fantasy for anyone who loves books - leaving all the cares and frustrations of one's daily life behind to have an adventure as a ...

from ElizabethChapman

I am astonished to see how many LibraryThingers have reviewed this book! It was totally unknown to me until recommended by a friend. This novel is perhaps the ultimate fantasy for anyone who loves books - leaving all the cares and frustrations of one's daily life behind to have an adventure as a ...

from datrappert

A sort of sequel to David Grayson's ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT, which I just reviewed, this book speaks up for the woman's side of things. Although the character names are different, the sister from the Grayson book is home alone one day when a traveling bookseller arrives, looking to sell Parnass...

from proustitute

In the early years of the twentieth century, a woman who is bored playing housewife to her literary brother purchases Parnassus from a wandering book salesman. Parnassus is "a caravan of culture," a traveling book treasure trove designed to bring books to the masses in more rural and outlying are...

from ctpress

"When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humor and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean." What a delightful little humorous gem. About a travel...