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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... young man, I tell you that if all the money that has been paid to you scribblers since the days of Elizabeth were added together it would not come up to my little pile, but, mind you, it ain't so much fiction that has done the trick ...
... young man, I tell you that if all the money that has been paid to you scribblers since the days of Elizabeth were added together it would not come up to my little pile, but, mind you, it ain't so much fiction that has done the trick ...
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... young lady of about twenty-five, with pretty golden hair, deep grey eyes, a fine forehead, and a delicate mouth, just now, however, she looked very nervous. "Well, Miss Smithers, what is it?" asked the publisher. "I came, Mr. Meeson—I ...
... young lady of about twenty-five, with pretty golden hair, deep grey eyes, a fine forehead, and a delicate mouth, just now, however, she looked very nervous. "Well, Miss Smithers, what is it?" asked the publisher. "I came, Mr. Meeson—I ...
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... young gentleman came slowly in. He was a very nice-looking young man, tall and well shaped, with a fair skin and jolly blue eyes—in short, a typical young Englishman of the better sort, aetate suo twenty-four. I have said that he came ...
... young gentleman came slowly in. He was a very nice-looking young man, tall and well shaped, with a fair skin and jolly blue eyes—in short, a typical young Englishman of the better sort, aetate suo twenty-four. I have said that he came ...
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... young lady who was seated in the office, and his whole demeanour underwent a most remarkable change, out came the hands from his pockets, off went the hat, and, turning, he bowed, really rather nicely, considering how impromptu the ...
... young lady who was seated in the office, and his whole demeanour underwent a most remarkable change, out came the hands from his pockets, off went the hat, and, turning, he bowed, really rather nicely, considering how impromptu the ...
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... the paper that the book was to be translated into French and German," said Augusta, faintly. "Oh! yes, no doubt—Eustace, oblige me by touching the bell." The young gentleman did so, and a tall, melancholy-looking clerk lO.
... the paper that the book was to be translated into French and German," said Augusta, faintly. "Oh! yes, no doubt—Eustace, oblige me by touching the bell." The young gentleman did so, and a tall, melancholy-looking clerk lO.
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Chapter IV Augustas Decision | 37 |
Chapter V The RMS Kangaroo | 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 and Roscoe answered Augusta Attorney-General barrister Bill Birmingham boat bowed captain child clerk client counsel course Court dear document door Eustace Meeson evidence executed eyes face feel Fiddlestick fifty find fine firm first five fixed floor fortune gentleman girl hand 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 married matter mind Miss Augusta Smithers Miss Smithers never office officer once plaintiff Ponta Delgada poor pounds present Probate profits publishing Queen's counsel reflected 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