The Wrong Box

A humorous 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne about a tontine in which the last surviving member wins the pooled money, focusing on the eccentric Finsbury family and the misadventures that follow when few members remain alive.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›British and Irish humor, 1800s›Comic novels

Reader

Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›British and Irish humor, 1800s