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                            Introduction
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'Parnassus on Wheels' is a 1917 novel written by Christopher Morley
and published by Doubleday, Page & Company.  The title refers to
the Mount Parnassus of Greek mythology; it was the home of the Muses.


                              Synopsis
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'Parnassus on Wheels' is Morley's first novel, about a fictional
traveling book-selling business.  The original owner of the business,
Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of
taking care of her older brother, Andrew.  Andrew is a former
businessman turned farmer, turned author.  As an author, he begins
using the farm as his Muse rather than a livelihood.  When Mifflin
shows up with his traveling bookstore, Helen buys it--partly to
prevent Andrew from buying it--and partly to treat herself to a
long-overdue adventure of her own.  The first of two novels to be
written from a woman's perspective, as well as the prequel to a later
novel ('The Haunted Bookshop'), 'Parnassus on Wheels' was inspired by
the novel 'The Friendly Road' by David Grayson (pseudonym of Ray
Stannard Baker), and starts with an open letter to Grayson, taking him
to task for not concerning himself (except in passing) with his
sister's opinion of and reaction to his adventure.

The bookstore-wagon, drawn by a horse named Pegasus, is advertised
with a short verse:


                              In media
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'Parnassus on Wheels' was presented on 'Hallmark Playhouse' January
20, 1949. The 30-minute adaptation starred Ruth Hussey. The character
of Helen McGill went viral on TikTok in April 2024, following an
excerpt being featured in the State of Texas Assessments of Academic
Readiness exam.


                           External links
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=yvwdAAAAMAAJ 'Parnassus on
Wheels'] on Google Books
*[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5311 'Parnassus on Wheels'] at
Project Gutenberg
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