Project Gutenberg 2013-09-21 Public domain in the USA. 81 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Osbourne, Lloyd 1868 1947 Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osborne, Lloyd Wyzewa, Teodor de 1862 1917 Wyzewa, Téodor de De Wyzewa, Teodor Wyzewa, T. de (Teodor) Wyzewa, Théodore de Wyzewa, Theodore de Wyzewski, Teodor The Wrong Box. French Le mort vivant Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Le Mort Vivant" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the Finsbury family, particularly focusing on Joseph and Masterman Finsbury, who are caught up in a tontine scheme. As the narrative unfolds, elements of dark humor, absurdity, and familial dynamics are explored, setting the stage for a rather unconventional tale. The opening of the novel introduces Joseph Finsbury, a rather eccentric character devoted to giving lectures, who has also become the guardian to his late brother's children. The story hints at a financial crisis stemming from a tontine—a financial arrangement in which participants contribute money and the last surviving member gains the entire sum. As Joseph deals with the mundanities of life, the tone mixes light satire with poignant reflections on the human condition. The dynamics within the Finsbury family, especially the tensions between Joseph and his more responsible brother, Masterman, are also established, laying the groundwork for the unfolding drama and comedy that blends elements of mortality, greed, and eccentricity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43784/43784-h/images/cover.jpg fr Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Cousins -- Fiction Uncles -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Mystery fiction Avarice -- Fiction PR Text FR Littérature Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 443986 443995 2024-09-18T11:03:43.991633 2023-09-19T06:57:28.738657 text/html text/html 437072 2013-09-21T10:23:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 190687 2013-09-21T10:23:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 206370 2024-09-18T11:03:49.459597 application/epub+zip 213450 2024-09-18T11:03:44.695609 application/epub+zip 213451 2024-09-18T11:03:44.333611 application/epub+zip 347920 2024-09-18T11:03:53.396603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321571 2024-09-18T11:03:49.143584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321680 2022-09-20T04:04:28.317877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423023 422768 2024-09-18T11:03:43.205628 2023-09-19T06:57:28.006636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 412605 2013-09-21T10:23:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158636 2013-09-21T10:23:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22248 2024-09-18T11:03:53.549556 application/rdf+xml 9652 2024-09-18T11:03:44.427617 image/jpeg 2164 2024-09-18T11:03:44.379620 image/jpeg 195360 2024-09-18T11:03:44.033640 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia