{"product_id":"the-wrong-box-robert-louis-stevenson-9798889421450","title":"The Wrong Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudyard Kipling, in a letter to his friend Edmonia Hill (dated September 17, 1889), praised the novel: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. (Wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889421450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indoeuropeanpublishing.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Robert Louis Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48996859937023,"sku":"9798889421450","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wrong-box-robert-louis-stevenson-9798889421450","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}