The Wrecker & The Wrong Box - Couverture souple

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9353856280 ISBN 13 : 9789353856281

Editeur : Prince Classics, 2019

Synopsis

The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.
The story is a "sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery", according to Roderick Watson. It revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Atoll. Clues in a stamp collection are used to track down the missing crew and solve the mystery. It is only in the last chapter that different story elements become linked. Stevenson described it as a "South Sea yarn" concerning "a very strange and defective plan that was accepted with open eyes for what seemed countervailing opportunities offered". The book sold well but rews were mixed, with a New York Times rewer concluding that:
The Wrecker is a kind of blank-cartridge romance with a big , which raises a dust, and if anything really has happened it escapes you in the flash and the cloud of smoke.
The loosely connected stories reflect how Stevenson and Osbourne wrote the book. Each contributed different sections, but agreed to develop characters and descriptions of places they both knew well. The following are examples:
The schooner Equator (1888–1953) inspired the story. Its remains are preserved in a shed at Marina Park at the Port of Everett, Washington. Jack Buckland was a handsome, happy-go-lucky fellow passenger with Osbourne and Stevenson on the 1890 Janet Nicholl voyage. He inspired the character of "Remittance Man" Tommy Hadden.
The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prince Classics
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9353856280
• ISBN 13: 9789353856281
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 568
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne