DIALSTONE LANE (ebook)

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  MORE CARGOES

  W. W. JACOBS

  Excerpt: “"Wapping Old Stairs?" said the rough individual! shouldering the brand-new sea-chest, and starting off at a trot with it; "yus, I know the place, captin. Fust v'y'ge, sir?" "Ay, ay, my hearty," replied the owner of the chest, a small, ill-looking lad of fourteen. "Not so fast with those timbers of yours. D'ye hear?" "All right, sir," said the man, and, slackening his ...

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  THE GHOST OF JERRY BUNDLER

  W. W. JACOBS

  Scene.—The Commercial Room in an old-fashioned hotel in a small country town. An air of old-fashioned comfort is in evidence everywhere. Old sporting prints on the walls. On the table up c. are half a dozen candlesticks, old-fashioned shape with snuffer attached. Two pairs of carpet slippers are set up within fender. Red curtains to window recess. Shutters or blinds to windows....

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  NIGHT WATCHES

  W. W. JACOBS

  A charming collection of short stories, 10 in this book, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are six...

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  SHIP'S COMPANY, THE ENTIRE COLLECTION

  W. W. JACOBS

  This is a collection of short stories, set in the south of England, some time in the early years of the twentieth century. The dialogue is great - WW Jacobs brings his characters to life through the way that they speak to each other. Many of these characters are unpretentious working people, and the humour in the stories is the description of how they try and play tricks on one...

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  DEEP WATERS

  W. W. JACOBS

  A charming collection of short stories, 12 in this book, P. G. Wodehouse claimed Jacobs was one of his greatest influences, it's not hard to see why. Jacobs stories are generally about the misadventures of sailors (tramp steamer sailors rather than Royal Navy)although there is the occasional non seafaring story, usually told by an old codger sitting outside a pub. There are six...

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  SALTHAVEN

  W. W. JACOBS

  Excerpt: “Mr. John Vyner, ship-owner, pushed his chair back from his writing-table and gazed with kindly condescension at the chief clerk as he stood before it with a handful of papers. "We shall be able to relieve you of some of your work soon, Hartley," he said, slowly. "Mr. Robert will come into the firm next week." The chief clerk bowed. "Three years at Cambridge," resumed ...

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