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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... to her, you refuse, and offer her three pounds as her share of the translation rights—three pounds as against your eleven! " "Go on," interrupted his uncle, "pray go on." "All right, 15 Chapter II - How Eustace was Disinherited.
... to her, you refuse, and offer her three pounds as her share of the translation rights—three pounds as against your eleven! " "Go on," interrupted his uncle, "pray go on." "All right, 15 Chapter II - How Eustace was Disinherited.
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... Eustace, hotly: "the fact is that here you never hear the truth, all these poor devils creep and crawl about you, and daren't call their souls their own. I shall be devilish glad to get out of this place, I can tell you. All this ...
... Eustace, hotly: "the fact is that here you never hear the truth, all these poor devils creep and crawl about you, and daren't call their souls their own. I shall be devilish glad to get out of this place, I can tell you. All this ...
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... Eustace, with a touch of native dignity which became him very well. "Probably we shall not meet again, and I did not wish to part in anger, that was all. Good morning." And he bowed and left the office. "Confound him!" muttered his ...
... Eustace, with a touch of native dignity which became him very well. "Probably we shall not meet again, and I did not wish to part in anger, that was all. Good morning." And he bowed and left the office. "Confound him!" muttered his ...
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... Eustace H. Meeson. "Very well," he said, when the reading was finished, "now give it to me." Mr. Todd obeyed, and handed the document to his patron, who deliberately rent it into fragments with his strong fingers, and then completed its ...
... Eustace H. Meeson. "Very well," he said, when the reading was finished, "now give it to me." Mr. Todd obeyed, and handed the document to his patron, who deliberately rent it into fragments with his strong fingers, and then completed its ...
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... Eustace been here?" "Yes, Sir." "Has he gone?" "Yes, Sir. He came to fetch his things, and then went away in a cab ... Eustace said I was not to give it unless you asked after him. " "Very good. Johnson!" "Yes, Sir. " "You will give ...
... Eustace been here?" "Yes, Sir." "Has he gone?" "Yes, Sir. He came to fetch his things, and then went away in a cab ... Eustace said I was not to give it unless you asked after him. " "Very good. Johnson!" "Yes, Sir. " "You will give ...
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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 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