Mr Meeson's Will

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Mr Meeson's Will
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Meeson's will tattooed on the back of Augusta Smithers
Author H. Rider Haggard
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1888
Publication placeUnited 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]

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Adaptation

It was turned into silent films in 1915 [6] and 1916 (as The Grasp of Greed with Lon Chaney).

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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).
  6. ↑ "ACADEMY PICTURES". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 10 February 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2013– via National Library of Australia.
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