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The Wrong Box

Name: The Wrong Box
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Book by Robert Louis Stevenson

Written workliterary workQ3548866

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
, Lloyd Osbourne
Released: 1889
Publisher: Longman
Language: English
Genre: black comedy

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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 surviving members of a tontine.

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Country of origin: Scotland
Title: The Wrong Box
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
public domain applies to jurisdiction: countries with 70 years pma or shorter
Form of creative work: novel
Has version, edition or translation: Q111560730 language: French · translator: Téodor de Wyzewa · released: 1905

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