Where the Blue Begins


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In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift for mischief. In The Powder of Sympathy, that mutt appeared three times. In between those two collections, Morley made Gissing the hero of his own novel, in which he adopts three puppies, has several career changes, and goes hunting for the meaning of life (“where the blue begins”).

“It was strange, since Gissing was so pleasantly situated in life, that he got into these curious adventures that I have to relate. I do not attempt to explain it.” (from Chapter 1 of Where the Blue Begins by Christopher Morley)
- Summary by Winnifred Assmann and Christopher Morley (4 hr 38 min)

Chapters

Dedication 1:16 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Chapter 1 9:32 Read by Shelly Weingart
Chapter 2 12:18 Read by Shayan Rahmati
Chapter 3 13:59 Read by John Leloup
Chapter 4 15:40 Read by John Leloup
Chapter 5 11:43 Read by JamminJazz
Chapter 6 15:29 Read by JamminJazz
Chapter 7 16:23 Read by JamminJazz
Chapter 8 20:40 Read by JamminJazz
Chapter 9 24:37 Read by Shelly Weingart
Chapter 10 18:46 Read by Shelly Weingart
Chapter 11 24:46 Read by Shelly Weingart
Chapter 12 19:57
Chapter 13 19:40 Read by phineas2000
Chapter 14 13:07 Read by Winnifred Assmann
Chapter 15 16:16 Read by Shelly Weingart
Chapter 16 10:37 Read by Shelly Weingart
Chapter 17 13:50 Read by Shelly Weingart