- 242 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
This classic epistolary novel wittily documents the trials and tribulations of a young English architect as he designs and builds a mansion.
In this first US publication of a richly comic classicāoriginally published in England in the 1920sāthe pitfalls and vicissitudes of home building are presented in sharp and unforgettable detail, in the form of letters to and from the architectāa hapless young man named James Spinlove, who, in his valiant attempts to create the Honeywood mansion for Sir Leslie Brash, encounters a motley collection of contractors, surveyors, plumbers and town plannersāto say nothing of intensely litigious lawyers, and Sir Leslie Brash himself, along with his good lady. There are letters from the subsidiary but crucial characters named Nibnose & Rasper, Mr. Snitch, V. Potch, and Hoochkoft the surveyor of bricks, among others.Frequently asked questions
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eBook ISBN
9780897336611Subtopic
ClassicsTable of contents
- Title Page
- PREFACE
- THE FILE IS OPENED
- THE COMMISSION
- SKETCHES AND ESTIMATES
- CATASTROPHE OF THE TRIAL HOLES
- PREPARATION FOR TENDERS
- THE TENDERS GO WRONG
- GRIGBLAY AND BRASH GET TO WORK
- THE DISTRICT SURVEYOR INTERVENES
- THE AFFAIR OF THE SPRING
- TROUBLE WITH BRICKS
- MORE DIFFICULTIES
- BRASH ON BRICKS
- BOX OF CIGARS
- CARRYING ON
- A SANITARY EXPERT APPEARS
- THE THICK OF THE FIGHT
- THE LAST OF THE SPRING
- SPINLOVEāS SPECIAL ROOF
- MR. POTCH AGAIN OBJECTS
- THE STAIRS GO WRONG
- SPINLOVE APPLIES FOR FEES
- THE WATER COMES IN
- LADY BRASH TAKES CHARGE
- A STORM IN A PAINT POT
- SIR LESLIE BRASH TAKES CHARGE
- THE AFFAIR OF THE COTTAGES
- LADY BRASH CAUSES A DIVERSION
- SPINLOVE USES TACT
- āNIBRASPā ASKS COMPENSATION
- DIFFICULTIES AND DELAYS
- SIR LESLIE BRASH MOVES IN