Humor Stevenson, R. L. & Osbourne, L.: The Wrong Box v1 5 Feb 2009

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'The Wrong Box' is a black comedy co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his step-son Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889.
The story is about the last two remaining survivors of a tontine, who also happen to be brothers.
One of the most famous English novels ever written about a tontine, it was made into a 1966 film starring Michael Caine.

This is the Project Gutenberg text, which was in good condition - a couple of OCR errors have been corrected for this version.
Please let me know if you come across any further errors.

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