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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... gone?" "Yes, Sir. He came to fetch his things, and then went away in a cab." "Where to?" "I don't know, Sir. He told the man to drive to Birmingham." "Did he leave any message?" "Yes, Sir, he bade me say that you should not be troubled ...
... gone?" "Yes, Sir. He came to fetch his things, and then went away in a cab." "Where to?" "I don't know, Sir. He told the man to drive to Birmingham." "Did he leave any message?" "Yes, Sir, he bade me say that you should not be troubled ...
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... gone abroad, else she would have gone back to him and married him—at a price. Marry him? yes she would marry him: she would do anything for money to take her sister away! What did she care for herself when her darling was dying—dying ...
... gone abroad, else she would have gone back to him and married him—at a price. Marry him? yes she would marry him: she would do anything for money to take her sister away! What did she care for herself when her darling was dying—dying ...
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... gone, indeed, must we be in mental or physical agony before we abandon the attempt to keep up appearances. Augusta drank a little tea and ate a very small bit of bread-and- butter. As in the case of Mr. Meeson, the events of the day had ...
... gone, indeed, must we be in mental or physical agony before we abandon the attempt to keep up appearances. Augusta drank a little tea and ate a very small bit of bread-and- butter. As in the case of Mr. Meeson, the events of the day had ...
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... gone? how can I get it?" and she buried her head in her hand and thought. Presently an idea struck her: she might go back to Meeson and eat her words, and sell him the copyright of her new book for £100, as the agreement provided. That ...
... gone? how can I get it?" and she buried her head in her hand and thought. Presently an idea struck her: she might go back to Meeson and eat her words, and sell him the copyright of her new book for £100, as the agreement provided. That ...
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... Gone!" he was saying. "Miss Smithers gone to New Zealand! What is her address?" "She didn't leave no address, sir," replies the dirty maid-of-all- work with a grin. "She went from here two days ago, and was going on to the ship in ...
... Gone!" he was saying. "Miss Smithers gone to New Zealand! What is her address?" "She didn't leave no address, sir," replies the dirty maid-of-all- work with a grin. "She went from here two days ago, and was going on to the ship in ...
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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 and Roscoe answered Augusta Attorney-General barrister beautiful began Bill Birmingham boat bowed captain child clerk client counsel course Court dear document door Eustace Meeson evidence executed eyes face feel Fiddlestick fishbone fortune gentleman girl gone hand hansom cab head heart hundred James Short Jeannie Jemima's Vow John Short Johnnie Jonathan Meeson Kangaroo Kerguelen Land Lady Holmhurst learned little Dick little Jeannie living looked Lord Holmhurst Lordship low dress married matter mind Miss Augusta Smithers Miss Smithers never once perhaps photographer plaintiff Ponta Delgada poor pounds present Probate publishing Queen's counsel rose round rush sail sailors ship shoulders shouted sigh sight solicitor Somerset House stood suddenly suppose sure tattooed tell testator thing thought Todd told Tombey took turned uncle Waterloo Station witness woman wonder young lady Zealand