Christopher Morley
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born
December 13, 1901
died
March 28, 1957
gender
male
place of birth
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, The United States
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
about this author
Christopher Morley was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania while his father was a mathematics professor at Haverford College. Morley graduated from this same school in 1910 as valedictorian. He then went to New College, Oxford University for three years on a Rhodes Scholarship, studying modern history. Arriving home, he headed out to Garden City to begin his life of letters at Doubleday, where he worked as a publicist and publisher's reader. About this time he married Helen Fairchild, and they lived first in Hempstead, and then in Queens Village. Morley moved to Philadelphia where he got his start as a newspaper reporter and then columnist for various publications. In 1920, he returned to New York City and took a job writing the column The Bowl...more
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The Haunted Bookshop (Hardcover) by Christopher Morley avg rating 3.85 — 137 ratings — published 2004 19 editions |
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Parnassus on Wheels (Paperback) by Christopher Morley avg rating 4.07 — 59 ratings — published 1917 15 editions |
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Kitty Foyle (Hardcover) by Christopher Morley avg rating 3.62 — 15 ratings — published 1939 2 editions |
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Human Being by Christopher Morley avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1932 |
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Where the Blue Begins (Paperback) by Christopher Morley avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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Rudolph and Amina or the Black Crook (Paperback) by Christopher Morley avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2004 |
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I Know A Secret (Hardcover) by Christopher Morley avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1927 2 editions |
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Tales From a Roll Top Desk (hardback) by Christopher Morley avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1918 |
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History of an Autumn by Christopher Morley avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1938 |
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Travels in Philadelphia (hardcover) by Christopher Morley avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1921 |
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quotes by Christopher Morley
"There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love."
— Christopher Morley
— Christopher Morley
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bibliophilia,
books
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"When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book."
— Christopher Morley
— Christopher Morley
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