Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 444 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Osbourne, Lloyd 1868 1947 Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osborne, Lloyd The Wrong Box Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Box_(novel) 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.) Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Cousins -- Fiction Uncles -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Mystery fiction Avarice -- Fiction PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 421518 2025-08-01T10:20:20.227119 text/html 425440 2024-11-29T08:37:47 text/html 224439 2025-08-01T10:20:27.811164 application/epub+zip 229733 2025-08-01T10:20:22.975148 application/epub+zip 223317 2025-08-01T10:20:21.748120 application/epub+zip 397340 2025-08-01T10:20:31.387078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371771 2025-08-01T10:20:26.976116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339010 2022-09-01T11:35:10.766164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361895 2025-08-01T10:20:19.509119 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 342235 2024-11-29T08:37:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 351989 2013-09-12T13:26:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22511 2025-08-01T10:20:31.549060 application/rdf+xml 12300 2025-08-01T10:20:22.289128 image/jpeg 3239 2025-08-01T10:20:22.036113 image/jpeg 138723 2016-09-14T09:28:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 146930 2021-01-27T19:44:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 137431 2013-09-12T13:28:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 218398 2025-08-01T10:20:20.257146 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia