Ergebnis für "The Wrong Box" in Literatur & Belletristik

Dive into the hilarious world of The Wrong Box, a comedic tale centered around the chaotic conclusion of a tontine—an arrangement where a group of young individuals invests in a fund that pays out only to the last surviving member. Follow the misadventures of the final two survivors and their eccentric relatives as they navigate a train crash, missing uncles, a surplus of dead bodies, and a cast of innocent bystanders. This uproarious farce promises to keep you entertained from start to finish! (Summary by AJM)

Victorian humour generally doesn't translate well across time. The Wrong Box is one of the exceptions. The plot revolves around the supposed death of Joseph Finsbury who, as a youth, with his brother Masterman joined a tontine - a scheme whereby each entrant pays a fixed amount and the sum total, with interest, is given to the one who lives the longest. At the beginning of the story there are three survivors and then two - the Finsbury brothers.

The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson that depicts the story of two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine.

Robert Louis Stevenson, know mostly for his tales of adventure and horror, also had a humorous side. This black comedy of errors deals with a coffin that keeps disappearing, and then showing up again in very strange places.

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