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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. Critics and fans alike regard the novel as one of the most humorous financial farces ever written.
1870s There are three surviving offspring, Michael, Morris and John, of the two brothers Joseph (71) and Masterman (73), who themselves are the last two members of a tontine. Can the cousins outwit each other to claim the money. Didn't really hold my interest. ( )
I chose this because of a reference to it in The Island of Sheep. I got off to a bad start with it and gave up fairly quickly. However, after reading some blurbs, I went back, after reading Miss Pym Disposes to see if things improved. Nope, this book stinks. It's supposed to be humorous, but it's stuffy and boring. ( )
A farce co-written by R.L. Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, this comedy of a concealed body is hectic, improbable, dated, and intermittently funny. ( )
I know RL Stevenson had been dead before PG Wodehouse even published his first book, but this novel still felt like the former was trying to imitate the latter - and not quite succeeding. ( )
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How very little does the amateur, dwelling at home at ease, comprehend the labours and perils of the author, and, when he smilingly skims the surface of a work of fiction, how little does he consider the hours of toil, consultation with authorities, researches in the Bodleian, correspondence with learned and illegible Germans - in one word, the vast scaffolding that was first built up and then knocked down, to while away an hour for him in a railway train!
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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. Critics and fans alike regard the novel as one of the most humorous financial farces ever written.
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