Mr. Meeson's WillRead Books Ltd, 27.11.2015 - 298 Seiten This book contains H. Rider Haggard’s 1888 novel, "Mr Meeson’s Will". It is based on a famous anecdote of the time and tells the story of Mr. Meeson, the wealthy proprietor of a publishing house, and a young writer named Augusta Smithers. Smithers boards a steamer bound for New Zealand in an attempt to make a new start - only to find that her nemesis is on the same ship. After a collision with another boat, Augusta, Meeson and numerous other survivors wash up on a deserted island in the Indian Ocean. Before dying, Meeson tattoos his will on Augusta's back, which inevitably leads to an interesting court battle in the latter part of the book. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925) was an English writer famous for his adventure novels set in exotic countries, and as a pioneer of the 'Lost World' literary genre. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author. |
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... heart should melt towards the unfortunate, and the financial interests of Meeson's should suffer. In short, Meeson's was an establishment created for and devoted to moneymaking, and the fact was kept studiously and even insolently ...
... heart should melt towards the unfortunate, and the financial interests of Meeson's should suffer. In short, Meeson's was an establishment created for and devoted to moneymaking, and the fact was kept studiously and even insolently ...
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... heart too full for words, but pondering how these things were, and byandby he would pass into the Meeson meltingpot and learn something about it. One day King Meeson sat in his counting house counting out his money, or, at least ...
... heart too full for words, but pondering how these things were, and byandby he would pass into the Meeson meltingpot and learn something about it. One day King Meeson sat in his counting house counting out his money, or, at least ...
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... heart to envy the steadfast honesty that had defied him at the cost of his own ruin. Not that he meant to relent or alter his determination. Mr. Meeson never relented, and never changed his mind. Had he done so he would not at that ...
... heart to envy the steadfast honesty that had defied him at the cost of his own ruin. Not that he meant to relent or alter his determination. Mr. Meeson never relented, and never changed his mind. Had he done so he would not at that ...
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... heart sank proportionately. What followed need not be repeated here. The manager listened to her faltering tale with a few stereotyped expressions of sympathy, and, when she had done, “regretted” that speculative loans were contrary to ...
... heart sank proportionately. What followed need not be repeated here. The manager listened to her faltering tale with a few stereotyped expressions of sympathy, and, when she had done, “regretted” that speculative loans were contrary to ...
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... heart again broke down, and, overcome by the prescience of approaching separation, they both sobbed bitterly there ... hearts we know it and act up to it. Fargone, indeed, must we be in mental or physical agony before we abandon the ...
... heart again broke down, and, overcome by the prescience of approaching separation, they both sobbed bitterly there ... hearts we know it and act up to it. Fargone, indeed, must we be in mental or physical agony before we abandon the ...
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CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER XII | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
CHAPTER XIX | |
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