Mr Meeson's Will
1888 novel by Henry Rider Haggard
Meeson's will tattooed on the back of Augusta Smithers | |
Author | H. Rider Haggard |
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Language | English |
Publication date | 1888 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Mr Meeson's Will is an 1888 novel by H. Rider Haggard.[1][2] It was based on a well known anecdote of the time.[3][4] The plot concerns a marooned man's will tattooed on the back of a woman.[5]
Adaptation
It was turned into silent films in 1915[6] and 1916 (as The Grasp of Greed with Lon Chaney).
References
- ^ R.D. Mullen, "The Books of H. Rider Haggard: A Chronological Survey" Science Fiction Studies, # 16, Volume 5, Part 3, November 1978, accessed 13 December 2013
- ^ "Wholesale Plagiarism". Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser. NSW. 4 December 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Origin of "Mr. Meeson's Will."". Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser. Grafton, NSW. 12 January 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NOVELS THAT HAVE COME TRUE". Traralgon Record (MORNING. ed.). Traralgon, Vic. 23 February 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Catherine O. Frank, Of Testaments and Tattoos: The Wills Act of 1837 and Rider Haggard's Mr. Meeson's Will, 18 Law & Lit. 323, 334 (2006).
- ^ "ACADEMY PICTURES". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 10 February 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Complete book at Project Gutenberg
- Mr Meeson's Will (1915 film) at IMDb
- Images and bibliographic information for various editions of Mr. Meeson's Will at SouthAfricaBooks.com
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Works by H. Rider Haggard
- Dawn (1884)
- The Witch's Head (1885)
- King Solomon's Mines (1885)
- She (1886)
- Jess (1886)
- Allan Quatermain (1887)
- Mr Meeson's Will (1888)
- Maiwa's Revenge (1888)
- Colonel Quaritch, VC (1888)
- Cleopatra (1889)
- Allan's Wife (1889)
- Beatrice (1889)
- The World's Desire (1890)
- Eric Brighteyes (1891)
- Nada the Lily (1892)
- Montezuma's Daughter (1893)
- The People of the Mist (1894)
- Joan Haste (1895)
- Heart of the World (1895)
- The Wizard (1896)
- Doctor Therne (1898)
- Swallow (1898)
- Elissa (1900)
- Lysbeth (1901)
- Pearl Maiden (1903)
- Stella Fregelius (1904)
- The Brethren (1904)
- Ayesha: The Return of She (1905)
- The Way of the Spirit (1906)
- Benita (1906)
- Fair Margaret (1907)
- The Ghost Kings (1908)
- The Yellow God (1908)
- The Lady of Blossholme (1909)
- Queen Sheba's Ring (1910)
- Morning Star (1910)
- Red Eve (1911)
- The Mahatma and the Hare (1911)
- Marie (1912)
- Child of Storm (1913)
- The Wanderer's Necklace (1913)
- Allan and the Holy Flower (1915)
- The Ivory Child (1916)
- Finished (1917)
- Love Eternal (1918)
- Moon of Israel (1918)
- When the World Shook (1919)
- The Ancient Allan (1920)
- Smith and the Pharaohs (1920)
- She and Allan (1921)
- The Virgin of the Sun (1922)
- Wisdom's Daughter (1923)
- Heu-Heu (1924)
- Queen of the Dawn (1925)
- The Treasure of the Lake (1926)
- Allan and the Ice-gods (1927)
- Mary of Marion Isle (1929)
- Belshazzar (1930)
- Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882)
- A Farmer's Year (1899)
- The Last Boer War (1899)
- A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)
- Rural England (1902)
- The Poor and the Land (1905)
- A Gardener's Year (1905)
- Regeneration (1910)
- Rural Denmark (1911)
- The Days of My Life (autobiography, 1926)
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