The Wrong Box
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Publisher: Longmans,Green & Co. 1889
ISBN/ASIN: 0216885175
Number of pages: 283
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The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine. The book is notable for being the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with Osbourne, who was his stepson.
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