The Brass Bottle

Kids, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fiction - YA, Fiction & Literature
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Author: F. Anstey ISBN: 1230000789943
Publisher: Media Galaxy Publication: November 20, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: F. Anstey
ISBN: 1230000789943
Publisher: Media Galaxy
Publication: November 20, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Thomas Anstey Guthrie was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of Punch magazine, in which his voces populi and his humorous parodies of a reciter's stock-piece represent his best work. Many of Anstey's stories have been adapted into theatrical productions, motion pictures. In later life, Anstey spent a good deal of time overseeing dramatizations of his works, and later film adaptations. According to the critics the fantasy of Guthrie's stories is a lighthearted critique of middle-class British society during the Victorian era.
The main hero bought a large antique container that turned out to imprison a djinn, whom he inadvertently set free. A djinn was grateful for his release, and persistently tried to do favors for Harold to show his gratitude. However he has been in the brass bottle for a long time, and jinn unfamiliarity with the modern world caused all sorts of problems when he tried to please his rescuer. He ended in a great deal of trouble, including with his girlfriend… What troubles did he face? Read the story to know!

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of Punch magazine, in which his voces populi and his humorous parodies of a reciter's stock-piece represent his best work. Many of Anstey's stories have been adapted into theatrical productions, motion pictures. In later life, Anstey spent a good deal of time overseeing dramatizations of his works, and later film adaptations. According to the critics the fantasy of Guthrie's stories is a lighthearted critique of middle-class British society during the Victorian era.
The main hero bought a large antique container that turned out to imprison a djinn, whom he inadvertently set free. A djinn was grateful for his release, and persistently tried to do favors for Harold to show his gratitude. However he has been in the brass bottle for a long time, and jinn unfamiliarity with the modern world caused all sorts of problems when he tried to please his rescuer. He ended in a great deal of trouble, including with his girlfriend… What troubles did he face? Read the story to know!

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