Mr. Meeson's WillThe Floating Press, 01.06.2012 - 234 Seiten Only a storyteller as preternaturally gifted as action-adventure master H. Rider Haggard could turn a story about a legal battle over publishing rights into a gripping page-turner. Mr. Meeson's Will offers a fascinating glimpse into the legal rights of authors in the nineteenth century -- and a swashbuckling maritime misadventure that comes with a plethora of unpredictable consequences. |
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... girl in a way that was, to say the least, alarming. But Augusta, though she felt sadly inclined to flee, still stood to her guns, for, to tell the truth, her need was very great. "I could not afford to wait for the seven per cent, Mr ...
... girl in a way that was, to say the least, alarming. But Augusta, though she felt sadly inclined to flee, still stood to her guns, for, to tell the truth, her need was very great. "I could not afford to wait for the seven per cent, Mr ...
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... girl before him. "If you want money, Miss Smithers," he said, "you had better write us another book. I am not going to deny that your work is good work—a little too deep, and not quite orthodox enough, perhaps, but still good. I tested ...
... girl before him. "If you want money, Miss Smithers," he said, "you had better write us another book. I am not going to deny that your work is good work—a little too deep, and not quite orthodox enough, perhaps, but still good. I tested ...
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... girl will be worth fifteen hundred a year to the house. What do you think of it, young man, eh?" "I think," answered his nephew, on whose good-tempered face a curious look of contempt and anger had gathered, "I think that you ought to ...
... girl will be worth fifteen hundred a year to the house. What do you think of it, young man, eh?" "I think," answered his nephew, on whose good-tempered face a curious look of contempt and anger had gathered, "I think that you ought to ...
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... girl was right when she said that you had cheated her, and you know that she was right. I have seen the accounts of 'Jemima's Vow'—I saw them this moming—and you have already made more than a thousand pounds clear profit on the book ...
... girl was right when she said that you had cheated her, and you know that she was right. I have seen the accounts of 'Jemima's Vow'—I saw them this moming—and you have already made more than a thousand pounds clear profit on the book ...
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... girl into an agreement, whereby she becomes a literary bondslave for five years! As soon as you see that she has genius, you tell her that the expense of bringing out her book, and of advertising up her name, &c., &c., &c., will be very ...
... girl into an agreement, whereby she becomes a literary bondslave for five years! As soon as you see that she has genius, you tell her that the expense of bringing out her book, and of advertising up her name, &c., &c., &c., will be very ...
Inhalt
| 4 | |
| 15 | |
| 28 | |
| 37 | |
| 45 | |
Chapter VI Mr Tombey Goes Forward | 57 |
Chapter VII The Catastrophe | 67 |
Chapter VIII Kerguelen Land | 79 |
Chapter XIII Eustace Buys a Paper | 127 |
Chapter XIV At HanoverSquare | 133 |
Chapter XV Eustace Consults a Lawyer | 143 |
Chapter XVI Short on Legal Etiquette | 154 |
Chapter XVII How Augusta was Filed | 162 |
Chapter XVIII Augusta Flies | 172 |
Chapter XIX Meeson V Addison and Another | 178 |
Chapter XX James Breaks Down | 187 |
Chapter IX Augusta to the Rescue | 90 |
Chapter X The Last of Mr Meeson | 100 |
Chapter XI Rescued | 110 |
Chapter XII Southampton Quay | 118 |
Chapter XXI Grant as Prayed | 199 |
Chapter XXII St Georges HanoverSquare | 213 |
Chapter XXIII Meesons Once Again | 225 |
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Addison answered appeared asked Augusta began better Bill boat bowed called captain certainly child clerk coming course Court dear Dick document don't door dress Eustace evidence executed eyes face fact feel find first followed fortune girl give gone hand head heart hope hour hundred James John Johnnie Judge Kangaroo Lady Holmhurst Land learned leave light living looked Lord matter mean Meeson mind Miss Smithers nature never once opened passed perhaps person plaintiff poor pounds present Probate publishing rose round rush sailors seemed seen ship Short shoulders side sight sitting speak standing stood suddenly suppose sure tattooed tell thing thought told Tombey took turned whole wish witness woman wonder writing young
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Mr. Meeson's Will |
| Autor/in | H. Rider Haggard |
| Verlag | The Floating Press, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1775561976, 9781775561972 |
| Länge | 234 Seiten |
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