An edition of The Spire (1964)

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An edition of The Spire (1964)

The Spire

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  • ★★★ 3.3 (3 ratings) ·
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The dean builds his cathedral spire higher and higher--an impossibility in stone--and, as it rises, its shadow falls darkly on the world below.

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Harvest Books
Language
English
Pages
228

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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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Edition Availability
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, Harcourt, Brace & World
in English - [1st American ed.]
Cover of: The spire
The spire
1964, Faber and Faber
in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
, PR6013.O35 S6 1992, PZ4.G63 Sp, PR6013.O35 S6 1964

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7366217M
Internet Archive
spire0000gold_s5u7
ISBN 10
0156847418
ISBN 13
9780156847414
LCCN
63015314
OCLC/WorldCat
46597384, 364690
Library Thing
68915
Goodreads
1508458

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Work Description

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