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Robert Louis Stevenson, know mostly for his tales of adventure and horror, also had a humorous side. This black comedy of errors deals with a coffin that keeps disappearing, and then showing up again in very strange places.

The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson that depicts the story of two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine.

"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 elderly brothers Masterman and Joseph Finsbury, who are the last two surviving members of a tontine, an investment scheme set up many years before, in which the last member stands to receive a fortune.

Dive into the hilarious world of The Wrong Box, a comedic tale centered around the chaotic conclusion of a tontine—an arrangement where a group of young individuals invests in a fund that pays out only to the last surviving member. Follow the misadventures of the final two survivors and their eccentric relatives as they navigate a train crash, missing uncles, a surplus of dead bodies, and a cast of innocent bystanders. This uproarious farce promises to keep you entertained from start to finish! (Summary by AJM)