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The Wrong box

A strange tale of inheritance, mistaken identity and a misplaced corpse, The Wrong Box was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. What came out of the merger is a funny, dark little piece which revolves around the Finsbury family and a tontine (a project whereby the participants all invest money and the last survivor inherits the fund).

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  • "Novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson"@en
  • "Ebb tide"@en
  • "Wrong box ; The ebb-tide ; Island nights entertainments"@en
  • "ebb-tide"
  • "Wrong box ; The ebb tide"@en
  • "Ebb-tide"@en
  • "The ebb-tide"@en
  • "Works"
  • "Wrong box"
  • "Wrong box"@pl
  • "Wrong box"@en
  • "Novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson : The wrong box and The ebb tide"@en
  • "Island nights entertainments"@en

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  • "A strange tale of inheritance, mistaken identity and a misplaced corpse, The Wrong Box was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. What came out of the merger is a funny, dark little piece which revolves around the Finsbury family and a tontine (a project whereby the participants all invest money and the last survivor inherits the fund)."@en
  • "A black comedy brimming with absurd plot twists, The Wrong Box is a farcical romp through the misadventures of Morris and John Finsbury. The brothers attempt to collect money in a financial scheme that has gone awry. The survivor of the tontine will receive a large fortune but only if he can keep dead people seemingly alive, and outlast his contenders. This book, co-written with Lloyd Osbourne, will have the reader in stitches."
  • "A huge inheritance ignites a murderous family feud. The last living beneficiaries, the two Finsbury Brothers, will stop at nothing to outlive each other-- and win the fortune. Helping the irascible, poverty-stricken Masterman Finsbury is his shy grandson Michael. Opposing them are his eccentric younger brother, Joseph Finsbury, and a pair of greedy nephews, Morris and John."
  • "Introduction by Mrs. R.L.Stevenson."
  • "The first of three books co-authored by his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne,The Wrong Boxwas Stevenson's first and only black comedy novel.The Wrong Boxtells the story of two brothers who are the last surviving members of a tontine, a risky investment plan."@en
  • "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 ..."@en
  • "The Finsbury brothers were enrolled in a Tontine, a group investment fund which pays out to the one person who outlives all the other members. After a railway accident apparently kills one of the two remaining brothers, his nephews attempt to wrest the fortune from the other side of the family by making it seem as if the other uncle died first. Mistaken identities and mix-ups in the makeshift coffins contrive to make it difficult to determine who was the longer lived brother."@en

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  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "English literature"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Black humor"@en
  • "Black humor"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Publishers' advertisements"

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  • "The Wrong box : the authentic text published from Stevenson's manuscript and corrected proofs"
  • "Die falsche Kiste Roman"
  • "The Wrong box"@en
  • "The Wrong box"
  • "The wrong box. The ebb tide / of Robert Louis Stevenson"
  • "The Wrong Box"@en
  • "The Wrong Box"
  • "The wrong box; The ebb tide"@en
  • "Wrong Box"
  • "The wrong box, the ebb tide"@en
  • "The Wrong Box, etc"@en
  • "Den forbyttede Rasse"@da
  • "Un Mort encombrant"
  • "Wrong box"
  • "Wrong box"@en
  • "The wrong box : the ebb-tide"@en
  • "Bagaź nie z tej ziemi"
  • "Un mort encombrant"
  • "The wrong box : the authentic text published from Stevenson's manuscript and corrrected proofs"@en
  • "The Wrong Box. [Second printing.]"@en
  • "The Wrong Box ... Illustrated by Ian Ribbons"@en
  • "Den Forbyttede Kasse"@da
  • "The wrong box"@en
  • "The wrong box"
  • "The wrong box The ebb tide"@en
  • "The wrong box ; The ebb tide"@en
  • "The wrong box [and] The ebb-tide"@en
  • "Den forbyttede kasse"@da
  • "The wrong box ; The ebb-tide"@en
  • "Die falsche Kiste : Roman"
  • "The wrong box ; The ebb-tide. a trio and quartette"@en
  • "The wrong box ; The ebb tide / by Robert Louis Stevenson"@en
  • "The Wrong box : the Ebb-tide ; a trio and a quartette"@en
  • "The wrong box the authentic text published from Stevenson's manuscript and corrected proofs"
  • "Bagaż nie z tej ziemi"@pl
  • "The wrong box. : the ebb-tide [u.a.]. By Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne"
  • "The wrong box ; The ebb-tide ; Island night entertainments"@en
  • "The wrong box ; The ebb-tide : a trio and quartette"
  • "The wrong box : the authentic text publ. from Stevenson's manuscript and corr. proofs"
  • "[The Wrong Box.]"
  • "Die falsche Kiste = The wrong box"
  • "Bagaż nie z tej ziemi. Przełożył Henryk Krzeczkowski"

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