The Brass Bottle (novel)

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The Brass Bottle
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1946 edition
Author Thomas Anstey Guthrie
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
Publication date
1900
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Brass Bottle is a 1900 comedy novel by the British writer Thomas Anstey Guthrie, under the pen name of F. Anstey, about a man who awakens a genie. In a much later review George Orwell praised the work, and noted how strong an influence it had on William Aubrey Darlington's 1920 work Alf's Button . [1]

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Film adaptations

It has been made into films on three occasions a 1914 British silent film The Brass Bottle , a 1923 American silent film The Brass Bottle, and a 1964 American sound film The Brass Bottle . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Brass Bottle of 1900". 20 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Goble p.696

Bibliography

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