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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... hand, to some astonished wretch of an author whom he has chosen to overwhelm with the sight of this magnificence, "to think that all this comes out of the brains of chaps like you! Why, young man, I tell you that if all the money that ...
... hand, to some astonished wretch of an author whom he has chosen to overwhelm with the sight of this magnificence, "to think that all this comes out of the brains of chaps like you! Why, young man, I tell you that if all the money that ...
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... hand—which is a thing I don't often do—and saw it was good selling quality, and you see I didn't make a mistake. Ibelieve 'Jemima's Vow' will sell twenty thousand without stopping—here's the account." As he spoke the spectre-like clerk ...
... hand—which is a thing I don't often do—and saw it was good selling quality, and you see I didn't make a mistake. Ibelieve 'Jemima's Vow' will sell twenty thousand without stopping—here's the account." As he spoke the spectre-like clerk ...
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... hand. "If I understand, Mr. Meeson," she said, "you have sold the two rights of translation of my book, which you persuaded me to leave in your hands, for £14, out of which I am to receive £3 ls?" "Yes, Miss Smithers. Will you be so ...
... hand. "If I understand, Mr. Meeson," she said, "you have sold the two rights of translation of my book, which you persuaded me to leave in your hands, for £14, out of which I am to receive £3 ls?" "Yes, Miss Smithers. Will you be so ...
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... I could get a sharp hand with a damaged character for about £300 a year, and I pay that old Todd quite £2000. There is a vacant place in the Hutches that I could turn into an office. Hang me, if I don't do it. I will make that 22.
... I could get a sharp hand with a damaged character for about £300 a year, and I pay that old Todd quite £2000. There is a vacant place in the Hutches that I could turn into an office. Hang me, if I don't do it. I will make that 22.
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... coughing, that seemed to shake her tender frame as the wind shakes a reed. Her sister turned and obeyed, and then came and sat by the sofa and took the thin little hand in hers. "Well, Gussie, and how did you get on with the 3l.
... coughing, that seemed to shake her tender frame as the wind shakes a reed. Her sister turned and obeyed, and then came and sat by the sofa and took the thin little hand in hers. "Well, Gussie, and how did you get on with the 3l.
Inhalt
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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 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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