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Followed by. Blandings' Way. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1946 comedy novel written by Eric Hodgins and illustrated by William Steig, describing the vicissitudes of buying a home in the country. It originally appeared as a short story called "Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle" in the April 1946 issue of Fortune magazine.
- Eric Hodgins, William Steig
- 1946
Feb 11, 2005 · Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Paperback – February 11, 2005. The classic tale of leaving the city and building a house in the country, only to find country life isn't so simple. But it is hilarious. Mr. Blandings, a successful New York advertising executive, and his wife want to escape the confines of their tiny midtown apartment.
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- Simon & Schuster
- $14.69
Eric Hodgins. Born 1899, Eric Francis Hodgins was the American author of the popular Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1946). Hodgins served as editor in chief of The Youth Companion, associate editor of Redbook, and then as associate editor of Fortune magazine. He became publisher of Fortune in 1937, and a vice president of Time Inc. in 1938.
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- Paperback
- Eric Hodgins
Jan 1, 1973 · Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1973. The hilarious subtext of this classic work: how two romantics from the slick city were bamboozled by country bumpkins so that the house of their dreams cost them infinitely more than they had planned. William Steig's drawings, Atkinson said, "admirably caught Mr ...
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- Eric Hodgins
Aug 30, 2005 · Mr. Blandings, a successful New York advertising executive, and his wife want to escape the confines of their tiny midtown apartment. They design the perfect home in the idyllic country, but soon they are beset by construction troubles, temperamental workmen, skyrocketing bills, threatening lawyers, and difficult neighbors.
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- Eric Hodgins HODGINS
Mr. and Mrs. Blandings were not such fools as to exclaim at this revelation. Mrs. Blandings flicked a glove in which a cobweb and free-running spider had become entangled; Mr. Blandings, his lips pursed and his eyes half closed, was a picture of controlled reserve; strong, realistic, poised. By the way the two of them said "Uh-huh?"
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