The Brass Bottle

By F. Anstey, Thomas Anstey Guthrie, Thomas Anstey Guthrie)

Book Overview

"This day six weeks-just six weeks ago " Horace Ventimore said, half aloud, to himself, and pulled out his watch. "Half-past twelve-what was I doing at half-past twelve?" As he sat at the window of his office in Great Cloister Street, Westminster, he made his thoughts travel back to a certain glorious morning in August which now seemed so remote and irrecoverable. At this precise time he was waiting on the balcony of the H tel de la Plage-the sole hostelry of St. Luc-en-Port, the tiny Normandy watering-place upon which, by some happy inspiration, he had lighted during a solitary cycling tour-waiting until She should appear.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518607721
• ISBN13: 9781518607721
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Don't keep your laughter bottled up.

Chapters: I. Horace Ventimore Receives a Commission II. A Cheap Lot III. An Unexpected Opening IV. At Large V. Carte Blance VI. Embarras de Richesses VII. "Gratitude-A Lively Sense of Favours to Come" VIII. Bachelor's Quarters IX. "Persicos Odi, Puer, Apparatus" X. No Place Like Home! XI. A Fool's Paradise XII. The Messenger of Hope XIII. A Choice of Evils XIV. "Since There's No Help, Come, Let Us Kiss and Part!" XV. Blushing Honours XVI. A Killing Frost XVII. High Words XVIII. A Game of Bluff The Epilogue I never had a chance to see the play and would like to someday. In the meantime, I have a DVD copy of the movie with Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, and Burl Ives (1964, Harry Keller). I would like the other movie versions also. Because the movie took place in modern-day (1964), I did not realize the story took place in England (originally published in 1900). We also see a few adaptations to the movie to change the timing of the media. Yet for the most part, when you read the story, you will see that the movie follows the book pretty faithfully down to some of the dialogue. The story is simple but becomes complex. Mild-mannered, obscure architect Horace Ventimore, in an attempt to impress his potential father-in-law, purchases a brass bottle. Upon opening it, you guess it, a djinn (Fakrash) pops out, and in his gratitude, Fakrash helps Ventimore in a way you would not believe; neither did Ventimore. I also purchased the Kindle freebie, which worked well except that each page number was read out.