Mr. Meeson's Will

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Good Press, 04.12.2019 - 233 Seiten
'Mr Meeson's Will' by H. Rider Haggard is a novel based on a true anecdote of the time. It follows the story of John Meeson, a greedy publisher who takes advantage of Alice Gordon, a struggling author, and owns all of her future works. When Alice protests, Meeson even chooses to disinherit his own nephew who stands up to him. The twist comes when Meeson is marooned on an island and his will is tattooed on the back of a woman. The race is on to find the woman and the will.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I AUGUSTA AND HER PUBLISHER
HOW EUSTACE WAS DISINHERITED
AUGUSTAS LITTLE SISTER
AUGUSTAS DECISION
THE R M S KANGAROO
Mr Meesons Will
MR TOMBEY GOES FORWARD
THE CATASTROPHE
EUSTACE BUYS A PAPER
AT HANOVERSQUARE
EUSTACE CONSULTS A LAWYER
The Early Englishman
SHORT ON LEGAL ETIQUETTE
HOW AUGUSTA WAS FILED
AUGUSTA FLIES
MEESON V ADDISON AND ANOTHER

KERGUELEN LAND
AUGUSTA TO THE RESCUE
THE LAST OF MR MEESON
RESCUED
SOUTHAMPTON QUAY
BEFORE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE PRESIDENT IN THE MATTER OF MEESON DECEASED
JAMES BREAKS DOWN
GRANT AS PRAYED
ST GEORGES HANOVERSQUARE
ADDISON AND ANOTHER
MEESONS ONCE AGAIN
THE

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) is best remembered for his 34 adventure fantasy novels set in exotic locations. As a child, Haggard, whose father was an English barrister, was considered dim-witted and was inclined to daydreaming. His parents ended his formal education when he was seventeen, and he was sent to work in South Africa, where his imagination was inspired by the people, animals, and jungle. He became close friends with authors Rudyard Kipling and Andrew Lang. Haggard's most popular books are King Solomon's Mines (1886) and She (1887). He also wrote short stories, as well as nonfiction on topics such as gardening, English farming, and rural life, interests which led to duties on government commissions concerned with land maintenance. For his literary contributions and his government service, Haggard was knighted in 1912. Several of Haggard's novels have been filmed. She was filmed in 1965, starring Ursula Andress. King Solomon's Mines was filmed with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr in 1950, and again with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in 1985. Also, the novel Allan Quatermain was filmed as Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in 1986.

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