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About The Wrong Box
“It was all dark within; but Gideon knew his room, he knew where the matches stood on the end of the chimney-piece; and he advanced boldly, and in so doing dashed himself against a heavy body; where (slightly altering the expressions of the song) no heavy body should have been.”
The Wrong Box is a black comedy mystery novel, co-written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and American Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. It was the first of three novels co-written by Stevenson and his stepson.
The story follows two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine; an investment providing an income during the nominated individuals’ lifetimes. A fortune is now contingent on which of two brothers outlives the other. A humorous classic, satirizing the Railway Novel genre which was popular at that time, it is also an early example of police detective fiction.
About The Wrong Box
“It was all dark within; but Gideon knew his room, he knew where the matches stood on the end of the chimney-piece; and he advanced boldly, and in so doing dashed himself against a heavy body; where (slightly altering the expressions of the song) no heavy body should have been.”
The Wrong Box is a black comedy mystery novel, co-written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and American Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. It was the first of three novels co-written by Stevenson and his stepson.
The story follows two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine; an investment providing an income during the nominated individuals’ lifetimes. A fortune is now contingent on which of two brothers outlives the other. A humorous classic, satirizing the Railway Novel genre which was popular at that time, it is also an early example of police detective fiction.
ISBN13: 9798354049042
Blue Vase Category: Fiction - Classics