Can I read The Wrong Box (Oxford Popular Fiction) on EtoBox?

The Wrong Box (Oxford Popular Fiction) by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne; introduced by David Pascoe is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Wrong Box (Oxford Popular Fiction) about?

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 was the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with Osbourne, who was his stepson. The others were The Wrecker (1892) and The Ebb-Tide (1894). Osbourne wrote the first draft of the novel late in 1887 (then called The Finsbury Tontine), Stevenson revised it in 1888 (then called A Game of Bluff) and again in 1889 when it was finally called The Wrong Box. A film adaptation, also titled The Wrong Box, was released in 1966, and a musical in 2002. Rudyard Kipling, in a letter to his friend Edmonia Hill (dated September 17, 1889), praised the novel: "I have got R.L. Stevenson's In the Wrong Box and laughed over it dementedly when I read it. That man has only one lung but he makes you laugh with all your whole inside". The Wrong Box was filmed in 1966 starring Michael Caine. The novel was also adapted as a stage musical in 2002, and a studio cast recording of the show was released in August 2013.

Who reads The Wrong Box (Oxford Popular Fiction)?

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne; introduced by David Pascoe

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192824264

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.62 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14