An edition of The Spire (1964)

The spire

a novel

Educational ed / with an introduction and notes by David B. Gray.

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An edition of The Spire (1964)

The spire

a novel

Educational ed / with an introduction and notes by David B. Gray.

by

  • ★★★ 3.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 17 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 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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Faber and Faber Ltd
Language
English
Pages
277

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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
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Spire
July 1996, Faber Faber Inc
Hardcover in Spanish - New Impression edition
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The Spire
March 1984, Harvest Books
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The spire: a novel
1971, Faber and Faber Ltd
in English - Educational ed / with an introduction and notes by David B. Gray.
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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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London (3 Queen Sq., WC1N 3AU)

Edition Notes

Originally published 1964.

Bibl.p.276-277.

ISBN 0571 09330 2 Pbk: 0.70.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/1F

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxix,6-277p. ;
Number of pages
277

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15066682M
Internet Archive
spirenovel0000gold
ISBN 10
0571093299, 0571093302
Library Thing
68915

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