The Brass Bottle
A young architect named Horace Ventimore is desperate to impress the scholarly father of his betrothed. He purchases an antique brass bottle at an auction for her father, a professor of middle eastern antiquities. But, he discovers it contains more than he bargained for...

After purchasing the bottle, Horace removes the seal around the stopper on top of the bottle. A great cloud of smoke is released from the bottle. From this smoke emerges a genie who lives inside the bottle.

What ensues is the hijinks brought on by the genie in his efforts to repay Horace for releasing him from his brass prison.

Horace learns the true meaning of the saying, "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."
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The Brass Bottle
A young architect named Horace Ventimore is desperate to impress the scholarly father of his betrothed. He purchases an antique brass bottle at an auction for her father, a professor of middle eastern antiquities. But, he discovers it contains more than he bargained for...

After purchasing the bottle, Horace removes the seal around the stopper on top of the bottle. A great cloud of smoke is released from the bottle. From this smoke emerges a genie who lives inside the bottle.

What ensues is the hijinks brought on by the genie in his efforts to repay Horace for releasing him from his brass prison.

Horace learns the true meaning of the saying, "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."
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The Brass Bottle

The Brass Bottle

by F. Anstey
The Brass Bottle

The Brass Bottle

by F. Anstey

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Overview

A young architect named Horace Ventimore is desperate to impress the scholarly father of his betrothed. He purchases an antique brass bottle at an auction for her father, a professor of middle eastern antiquities. But, he discovers it contains more than he bargained for...

After purchasing the bottle, Horace removes the seal around the stopper on top of the bottle. A great cloud of smoke is released from the bottle. From this smoke emerges a genie who lives inside the bottle.

What ensues is the hijinks brought on by the genie in his efforts to repay Horace for releasing him from his brass prison.

Horace learns the true meaning of the saying, "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."

Product Details

BN ID: 2940162987147
Publisher: LilliBan Arts, LLC
Publication date: 08/17/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 379 KB

About the Author

F. Anstey is the pen name for English author Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856 - 1934). Educated at Cambridge, Guthrie was a well-known comic writer with several novels adapted for theatre and film. He was frequently featured in the popular British "Punch" magazine.
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