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The Brass Bottle (novel)

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The Brass Bottle
1946 edition
AuthorThomas Anstey Guthrie
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
Publication date
1900
Publication placeUnited 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]

Film adaptations

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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

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

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.