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Plot summary. The book begins in fictional Landsdale County, Connecticut, where Jim and Muriel Blandings are being shown an old farmhouse by a real estate agent. Blandings, a successful New York advertising executive, and his wife want to leave their tiny Midtown apartment, where they live with their two daughters.
- Eric Hodgins, William Steig
- 1946
Sep 5, 2022 · mr.blandings builds his dream house. by. eric hodgins. Publication date. 1946. Publisher. simon and schuster. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Jan 1, 1973 · Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1973. by Eric Hodgins (Author) 92. See all formats and editions. 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.
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- Eric Hodgins
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H. C. Potter, and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas. Written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was an adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same name written by Eric Hodgins and illustrated by William Steig.
He and his wife want to escape the stifling confines of their tiny midtown Manhattan apartment, so they design the perfect home. When the time comes for the couple to move to their idyllic country location, they learn fast and furiously that the picture of easy-going perfection that they had dreamed about is far from any form of reality.
Blandings' dream house soon threatens to be the nightmare that undoes him. This internationally bestselling book by Eric Hodgins is illustrated by William Steig and was made into a film starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy -- and a later film starring Tom Hanks called The Money Pit.
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Mr. Blandings' dream house soon threatens to be the nightmare that undoes him. This internationally bestselling book by Eric Hodgins is illustrated by William Steig and was made into a film starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy -- and a later film starring Tom Hanks called The Money Pit.
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