Delphi Collected Works of W. W. Jacobs (Illustrated‪)‬

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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