Master of the short story and teller of hilarious nautical misadventures, W. W. Jacobs is most famous for his seminal supernatural story ‘The Monkey's Paw’. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Jacobs’ collected works (almost complete), with numerous illustrations, rare plays and informative introductions. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Jacobs’ life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* All 5 novels, with individual contents tables
* Includes the rare novel THE CASTAWAYS, appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Famous novels and collections are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* All the short story collections in the US public domain
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes Jacobs’ rare plays – available in no other collection
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Please note: to comply with US copyright restrictions, the story collection SEA WHISPERS cannot appear in this edition. Once new texts enter the US public domain, they will be added as a free update.
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CONTENTS:
The Novels
A MASTER OF CRAFT
AT SUNWICH PORT
DIALSTONE LANE
SALTHAVEN
THE CASTAWAYS
The Short Story Collections
THE SKIPPER’S WOOING AND THE BROWN MAN’S SERVANT
MANY CARGOES
MORE CARGOES
LIGHT FREIGHTS
THE LADY OF THE BARGE
ODD CRAFT
CAPTAINS ALL
SHORT CRUISES
SAILORS’ KNOTS
SHIP’S COMPANY
NIGHT WATCHES
DEEP WATERS
The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Plays
THE MONKEY’S PAW
BEAUTY AND THE BARGE
THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE
THE CHANGELING
THE GHOST OF JERRY BUNDLER
THE GREY PARROT
ADMIRAL PETERS
IN THE LIBRARY
THE WARMING PAN
A DISTANT RELATIVE
MASTER MARINERS
MATRIMONIAL OPENINGS
DIXON’S RETURN
DOUBLE DEALING
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