By Christopher Morley

Favorite quote: “No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least one good book.”

From the publisher: It’s easy to see why this beguiling novella has been a long time favorite of bibliophiles. The credo of the sprite-like book-peddler who sparks the story says it all: “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.”

Except the complicating factor here is the the protagonist of Parnassus on Wheels is not a man but a woman, and she has come to believe something rather daring for a woman of her day: that her love of books can rescue her from a life of servitude.

Not only a charming romantic comedy but an inspiring ode to a life in books.

Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches

142 pages, Softcover