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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... never heard of such a thing in the whole course of my professional experience, never!" and he paused, and once more eyed her sternly. "At any rate, there ought to be something to come to me from the rights of translation—I saw in the ...
... never heard of such a thing in the whole course of my professional experience, never!" and he paused, and once more eyed her sternly. "At any rate, there ought to be something to come to me from the rights of translation—I saw in the ...
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... never hear the truth, all these poor devils creep and crawl about you, and daren't call their souls their own. I ... never dare to show your nose here again, or I'll give the porters orders to hustle you off the premises! And, now, that ...
... never hear the truth, all these poor devils creep and crawl about you, and daren't call their souls their own. I ... never dare to show your nose here again, or I'll give the porters orders to hustle you off the premises! And, now, that ...
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... never wished to be dependent on you, or to have anything to do with a business carried on as Meeson's is. I have a hundred a year my mother left me, and with the help of that and my education, I hope to make a living. Still, I don't ...
... never wished to be dependent on you, or to have anything to do with a business carried on as Meeson's is. I have a hundred a year my mother left me, and with the help of that and my education, I hope to make a living. Still, I don't ...
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... never before been dreamt of in the classic halls of Meeson's. To this hour the clerks of the great house talk of that dreadful day with bated breath—for as bloody Hector raged through the Greeks, so did the great Meeson rage through his ...
... never before been dreamt of in the classic halls of Meeson's. To this hour the clerks of the great house talk of that dreadful day with bated breath—for as bloody Hector raged through the Greeks, so did the great Meeson rage through his ...
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... never mind all that—I want my will." "Will—will—Forgive me—a little confused, that's all. Your manner is so full of hearty old middle-age's kind of vigour"— Here he stopped, more suddenly even than usual, for Mr. Meeson fixed him with ...
... never mind all that—I want my will." "Will—will—Forgive me—a little confused, that's all. Your manner is so full of hearty old middle-age's kind of vigour"— Here he stopped, more suddenly even than usual, for Mr. Meeson fixed him with ...
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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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