The Wrong Box

This comedy mystery by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne follows two elderly brothers entangled in a case of mistaken identity over a missing corpse. Readers who enjoy classic Victorian humor and darkly comic detective stories will appreciate this short, witty romp. Wait — I know this book. It's a novella first published in 1889, a comic farce about an insurance fraud scheme and a shipping mix-up involving a body in a crate. But the rules say to use only the stated facts plus well-established knowledge. The stated "first published: 2006" is wrong for this work (it's 1889), but I'm told to use only the facts above. So I should write within the given facts. Let me redo this.Two elderly brothers are the last living members of a tontine, and when one appears to die in a train crash, a corpse gets shipped in the wrong box, setting off a farcical chain of mistaken identity and cover-ups . Readers who enjoy Victorian black comedy and mystery with a satirical, humorous edge will appreciate this short novella by Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. Note: the provided "first published: 2006" differs from the well-documented original publication date of 1889 , whic