An edition of The Spire (1964)

The spire.

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An edition of The Spire (1964)

The spire.

[1st American ed.]

by

  • ★★★ 3.3 (3 ratings) ·
  • 17 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

Told in a stream-of-consciousness narrative, this is a story of obsession. Against the advice of his builder, the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, slowly dying from tuberculosis, plans the construction of a towering spire atop the cathedral as the culmination of his life’s work but becomes increasingly deranged as the construction faces constant problems due to the sheer grandiosity of the work.

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Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Language
English
Pages
215

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Previews available in: Spanish English

Subjects

Fiction, Design and construction, Cathedrals, Middle Ages, Fiction in English, Fiction, historical, Fiction, general, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, religious, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, English literature

Places

Salisbury (England)

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Cover of: The Spire
The Spire
April 7, 2005, Faber and Faber
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Spire
Spire
July 1996, Faber Faber Inc
Hardcover in Spanish - New Impression edition
Cover of: The Spire
The Spire
March 1984, Harvest Books
in English
Cover of: The spire
The spire: a novel
1971, Faber and Faber Ltd
in English - Educational ed / with an introduction and notes by David B. Gray.
Cover of: The spire
The spire
1964, Faber and Faber
in English
Cover of: The spire.
The spire.
1964, Harcourt, Brace & World
in English - [1st American ed.]

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Published in
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Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ4.G63 Sp, PR6013.O35 Sp

The Physical Object

Pagination
215 p.
Number of pages
215

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5883586M
LCCN
63015314
Library Thing
68915

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He was laughing, chin up, and shaking his head.
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