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(Series Copy) General Editor: DAVID TROTTER The Oxford Popular Fiction series introduces or reintroduces bestselling works of British and American fiction that have helped define new styles and genres, and that continue to resonate in the prototypical, controversial, groundbreaking,... read more
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Summary edit
The Wrong Box is a humorous story based on a Tontine, which was an investment, made on the behalf of young people, into a private fund that grew in value over the years. The total of the investment is promised to the last living survivor. With only two subscribers left, who happened to be... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Joseph Finsbury: Tontine subscriber who owned a leather business. Brother of Masterman.
- Masterman Finsbury: Tontine subscriber and retired business man who lived with his son Michael. Brother of Joseph.
- Mr. Pitman: Add a description of this character.
- Mr. Gideon Forsyth
- Morris Finsbury: son of deceased Jacob Finsbury, and ward of his uncle Joseph Finsbury.
- Julia
- John Finsbury: son of deceased Jacob Finsbury, and ward of his uncle Joseph Finsbury.
- Julia Hazeltine: daugther of deceased John Henry Hazeltine Esq., and ward of Jospeh Finsbury.
- Masterman
- Michael Finsbury: a well-known solicitor and son of Masterman Finsbury.
- Gideon Forsyth: nephew of Edward Hugh Bloomfield.
- William Dent Pitman: an artist who teaches at a seminary for young ladies.
- Edward Hugh Bloomfield: a political radical. Uncle of Gideon Forsyth.
- Harker
- Johnny
- Teena
- Mr. Chandler
- Mr. Moss
- Mr. Watts
- Bill
- Ezra Thomas
- Mr. Bloomfield
- Mr. Wickham
- Mr. Bell
- Mr. Judkin
- Mr. Semitopolis
- Vance
- Tim
- John Dickson
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Browndean
- Bournemouth
- John Street
- Waterloo
- Providence
- Squirradical
- England
- Road
- Bloomsbury
- Paris
- Padwick
- Ballarat
First Sentence edit
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 of 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!
Table of Contents edit
1 - In Which Morris Suspects
2 - In Which Morris Takes Action
3 - The Lecturer at Large
4 - The Magistrate in the Luggage Van
5 - Mr. Gideon Forsyth and the Gigantic Box
6 - The Tribulations of Morrs: Part the First
7 - In Which William Dent Pitman Takes Legal Advice
8 - In Which Michael Finsbury Enjoys a Holiday
9 - Glorious Conclusion of Michael Finsbury's Holiday
10 - Gideon Forsyth and the Broadwood Grand
11 - The Maestro Jimson
12 - Positively the Last Appearance of the Broadwood Grand
13 - The Tribulations of Morris: Part the Second
14 - William Bent Pitman Hears of Something to his Advantage
15 - The Return of the Great Vance
16 - Final Adjustment of the Leather Business
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
- Lloyd Osbourne (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co.
Country: London, England
Publication Date: 1889
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 283
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co.
Country: London, England
Publication Date: 1889
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 283
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Internet Archive: Scanned image of first edition
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