Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 155 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Osbourne, Lloyd 1868 1947 Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osborne, Lloyd The Wrong Box Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger "The Wrong Box" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne is a comic novel produced in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the eccentric and financially troubled Finsbury family, particularly focusing on the two surviving brothers from a once-promising tontine—a pool of funds shared among a group of contributors that only pays out upon the death of its members. The narrative introduces characters such as the bumbling Joseph and the often disgruntled Morris, highlighting their quirky relationships and financial mishaps amid a backdrop of dark humor and absurdity. At the start of the novel, the narrator reflects on the disparate perceptions of authorship as they introduce the convoluted tontine scheme, which forms the thematic backbone of the tale. The Finsbury brothers, Joseph and Masterman, are revealed to be the last survivors of their tontine. The story quickly escalates as the brothers find themselves entangled in familial and financial intrigues, including Morris's attempts to reclaim an inheritance that seems ever-elusive. Additionally, a train accident leads to a misunderstanding regarding the whereabouts of their uncle Joseph, intertwining comedic elements with potential disaster, setting the stage for a series of misadventures that explore themes of greed, deception, and the absurdity of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Cousins -- Fiction Uncles -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Mystery fiction Avarice -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 421407 421416 2024-09-01T10:17:17.550113 2023-10-01T09:22:57.291613 text/html text/html 445456 2021-01-27T19:44:15 text/html; charset=utf-8 146930 2021-01-27T19:44:15 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 200707 2024-09-01T10:17:23.850045 application/epub+zip 206261 2024-09-01T10:17:19.062108 application/epub+zip 206261 2024-09-01T10:17:18.180089 application/epub+zip 364840 2024-09-01T10:17:27.697044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339227 2024-09-01T10:17:23.259080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339010 2022-09-01T11:35:10.766164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352050 352016 2024-09-01T10:17:16.834104 2023-10-01T09:22:56.562609 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 361967 2016-09-14T09:26:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 138723 2016-09-14T09:28:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 351989 2013-09-12T13:26:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 137431 2013-09-12T13:28:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22112 2024-09-01T10:17:27.845014 application/rdf+xml 12222 2024-09-01T10:17:18.562094 image/jpeg 3238 2024-09-01T10:17:18.383075 image/jpeg 197284 2024-09-01T10:17:17.586069 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia