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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Excerpt from The Brass Bottle: A Farcical Fantastic Play, in for Acts

Get lost in this witty and fantastical tale of a man who stumbles upon a brass bottle that contains a genie. Chaos ensues as the genie grants his every wish, resulting in a hilariously chaotic adventure that is sure to make you laugh out loud.

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Get lost in this witty and fantastical tale of a man who stumbles upon a brass bottle that contains a genie. Chaos ensues as the genie grants his every wish, resulting in a hilariously chaotic adventure that is sure to make you laugh out loud.

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The Brass Bottle is a comedic play written by F. Anstey in 1911. The play is divided into four acts and follows the story of Horace Ventimore, a young lawyer who accidentally releases a genie from a brass bottle. The genie, named Fakrash, is grateful to Horace for freeing him... Read Full 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... Read Full Overview

"The Brass Bottle - A Farcical Fantastic Play" from Thomas Anstey Guthrie. Novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey (1856-1934).

"The Brass Bottle" is a humorous fantasy novel written by F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie), published in 1900. Set in late Victorian England, the story follows the misadventures of a young architect, Horace Ventimore. One day, while working on a renovation project,... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped... Read Full Overview

The Brass Bottle is the story of an architect who bought an antique brass bottle to give to a professor dealing in Mideast antiquities. After the purchase, the architect's curiosity was aroused, and he removed the stopper in the bottle. And when he did, a big cloud... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped... Read Full Overview

A djinn, sealed in a jar for three thousand years, has been found by Horace Ventimore, a young and not very flourishing architect. Upon his release the djinn expresses his gratitude by seeking to grant his benefactor's every wish--generally with results the very opposite to those... Read Full Overview

"The Brass Bottle" is a delightful farcical play by F. Anstey, originally published in 1900. The story revolves around Horace Ventimore, a young architect who unwittingly releases a powerful and mischievous djinn from an ancient brass bottle. The djinn, named Fakrash, feels... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview