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The Wrong Box (1889) is one of Stevenson's strangest works. Written with his stepson Lloyd Osborne, it is a masterpiece of black comedy, turning on mistaken identity, the disappearance of a corpse, and several makeshift coffins. V.S. Pritchett described it as "a farce that slips down the throat with the nicety of an oyster," and, according to E.F. Benson, it is "perhaps the most superb extravaganza in the language." In this intriguing work, the Finsbury family has long been involved in a Tontine--a scheme in which subscribers invest money in a fund which them falls to the last survivor. Now there are only two aged uncles between Morris and John Finsbury and their fortune. A railway accident appears to dispose of one, and then the farce begins. In this eccentric and brilliantly plotted story, the authors not only extended the boundaries of good taste, but also satirized the popular Railway Novel genre, perplexing many Victorian readers.
 
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Hardback Editions

April 2004 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 141421295XTitle: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
ISBN: 1-4142-1295-X / 978-1-4142-1295-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Indypublish.com
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January 2003 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 140433940XTitle: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
ISBN: 1-4043-3940-X / 978-1-4043-3940-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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September 1991 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0939495325Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 0-939495-32-5 / 978-0-939495-32-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: North Books
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June 1984 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0884119963Title: Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 0-88411-996-3 / 978-0-88411-996-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Amereon Ltd
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Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0192505408Title: Wrong Box (World's Classics)
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
ISBN: 0-19-250540-8 / 978-0-19-250540-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Paperback Editions

March 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1605973181Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 1-60597-318-1 / 9781605973180 (USA edition)
Publisher: Standard Publications, Inc
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June 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1406818011Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
ISBN: 1-4068-1801-1 / 978-1-4068-1801-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Echo Library
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April 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 143461025XTitle: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis, Stevenson
ISBN: 1-4346-1025-X / 978-1-4346-1025-6
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
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November 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1406915912Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 1-4069-1591-2 / 978-1-4069-1591-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hard Press
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March 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1406505706Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
ISBN: 1-4065-0570-6 / 978-1-4065-0570-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Dodo Press
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December 2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1846371740Title: The Wrong Box (Large Print)
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 1-84637-174-0 / 9781846371745 (UK edition)
Publisher: Echo Library
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January 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1404339418Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
ISBN: 1-4043-3941-8 / 978-1-4043-3941-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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October 2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1410100340Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osborne
ISBN: 1-4101-0034-0 / 978-1-4101-0034-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Fredonia Books,US
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March 1985 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0486247937Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 0-486-24793-7 / 978-0-486-24793-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Dover Pubns
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Audio Editions

June 1986 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 0736639160Title: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 0-7366-3916-0 / 978-0-7366-3916-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.
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Other Editions

March 2008 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0015FX1VOTitle: The Wrong Box
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
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