Plum Pudding (version 2)

Christopher Morley wrote essays that felt like conversation with a brilliant, well-read friend who noticed everything. This collection gathers his writings on books, city streets, suburban life, and the small creatures and people who populate both. He writes about women, dogs, children, and tadpoles with the same affectionate curiosity, finding grandeur in the mundane and humor in the expected. Morley had a rare gift: he could discuss Shakespeare in the same breath as a stray dog and make both sing. His prose has the warmth of a library after rain, the wit of someone not trying too hard, and the observational precision of a writer who truly looks at the world. These are essays to savor between other things, or to sink into on a quiet afternoon.