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The Haunted Bookshop

General Fiction

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The Haunted Bookshop

By Christopher MorleyNarrated by Victoria Bradley

The Haunted Bookshop

Length5h 34m

About this audiobook

The Haunted Bookshop (1919) is not a work on the supernatural. Rather, the name refers to the ghosts of the past that haunt all libraries and bookstores: "the ghosts of all great literature." Morley, through the character of Roger Mifflin, speaks about the knowledge and wisdom that one can gain from literature. The suspenseful novel is set in Brooklyn around the end of World War I. The narrative begins with a young advertising man, Aubrey Gilbert, stopping by a bookstore named "The Haunted Bookshop" in the hopes of finding a new client. Gilbert meets the owner, Roger Mifflin. Gilbert does not sell anything, but is attracted by Mifflin and his conviction about the value books and booksellers have to the world. Additionally, Gilbert is thrilled by the fact that his firm's biggest client, Mr. Chapman, is a friend of Mifflin and has asked Mifflin to undertake the education of his daughter, Titania Chapman, by hiring her as an assistant…

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction

Length5 hrs 34 mins

Narrated byVictoria Bradley

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateJul 24, 2017

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Chapter 1: The Haunted Bookshop

9Chapter 9: The Haunted Bookshop

2Chapter 2: The Haunted Bookshop

10Chapter 10: The Haunted Bookshop

3Chapter 3: The Haunted Bookshop

11Chapter 11: The Haunted Bookshop

4Chapter 4: The Haunted Bookshop

12Chapter 12: The Haunted Bookshop

5Chapter 5: The Haunted Bookshop

13Chapter 13: The Haunted Bookshop

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6Chapter 6: The Haunted Bookshop

14Chapter 14: The Haunted Bookshop

7Chapter 7: The Haunted Bookshop

15Chapter 15: The Haunted Bookshop

8Chapter 8: The Haunted Bookshop

About the author

Christopher Morley

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