Short Cruises
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
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Description
W. W. Jacobs gathered twelve tales in this set, with drawings by Will Owen. Titles include The Changeling, Alf's Dream, The Test, and A Love-Knot. Picture captions promise swapped babies, sharp wives, and lodgers defended against all comers in Jacobs's dockside world.
Sailors, mates, cooks, and cunning landsmen scheme and blunder through the tales. A gold watch lends a man false substance in one caption; in another, a trunk's corner cracks a gesturing head. Jacobs packs each short cruise with a neat turn, told in plain speech that hides fine craft.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 279 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |