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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