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Though his adventure tales now rank among the most translated novels in the English language, Robert Louis Stevenson was a gifted writer who produced works in a number of different litera… More...

Though his adventure tales now rank among the most translated novels in the English language, Robert Louis Stevenson was a gifted writer who produced works in a number of different literary genres. The Wrong Box is a satirical novel that Stevenson wrote in partnership with Lloyd Osbourne, a young writer who happened to be Stevenson's stepson. The novel deals with a pair of brothers involved in a complex investment scheme that is revealed to be fraudulent. Critics and fans alike regard the novel Though his adventure tales now rank among the most translated novels in the English language, Robert Louis Stevenson was a gifted writer who produced works in a number of different literary genres. The Wrong Box is a satirical novel that Stevenson wrote in partnership with Lloyd Osbourne, a young writer who happened to be Stevenson's stepson. The novel deals with a pair of brothers involved in a complex investment scheme that is revealed to be fraudulent. Critics and fans alike regard the novel as one of the most humorous financial farces ever written. Humorous, Fiction & Literature, The Wrong Box~~ Stevenson, Robert Louis~~Humorous~~Fiction & Literature~~9781775451365, en, The Wrong Box, Stevenson, Robert Louis, 9781775451365, The Floating Press, 02/01/2011, , , , The Floating Press, 02/01/2011<

ISBN: 9781775451365

Two brothers will do whatever it takes to hide a body and inherit a fortune in this laugh-out-loud crime caper Elderly Joseph and Masterman Finsbury are the last survivors of a tontine es… More...

Two brothers will do whatever it takes to hide a body and inherit a fortune in this laugh-out-loud crime caper Elderly Joseph and Masterman Finsbury are the last survivors of a tontine established in their youth. Their nephews, Morris and John, have one simple goal: Keep Uncle Joseph alive longer than Uncle Masterman. If they succeed, the brothers will be set for life. If they fail, the fortune goes to cousin Michael—and poverty will be their fate.   When the siblings regain consciousness after a train wreck, they discover that Joseph—or a man dressed exactly like him—died in the crash. Not to worry; Morris has a plan. Instead of burying the body where anyone might dig it up, they’ll ship it around the world until Uncle Masterman dies. It seems foolproof, until the incorrect package arrives at the first destination and Morris and John have to find poor, dead Uncle Joseph before somebody opens the wrong box.   This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, The Floating Press Digital >16<

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Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism i… More...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was the man who seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins, as G. K. Chesterton put it. He was also greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov, and J. M. Barrie. Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their definition of modernism. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the canon. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, The Floating Press Digital >16<

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Joseph and Masterman Finsbury are the only surviving members of a tontine - a life insurance plan into which 37 boys originally invested their money, with the understanding that the last … More...

Joseph and Masterman Finsbury are the only surviving members of a tontine - a life insurance plan into which 37 boys originally invested their money, with the understanding that the last person alive would receive it all. Viewed as an investment by his sons Morris and John, the elderly Joseph is carefully supervised - until the trio are involved in a train crash in which a mangled body wearing Joseph's coat is found. Still hoping to receive the tontine money, Morris and John attempt to cover up the death by putting the corpse into a barrel - which is involved in a hilariously catastrophic mix-up as they attempt to ship it to London... Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, The Floating Press Digital >16<

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