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Short Cruises: 12 Humorous Short Stories
Written by W.W. Jacobs
Narrated by Cathy Dobson
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W.W. Jacobs was an English writer, famous for his humorous short stories, particularly those relating the preposterous adventures and misadventures of sailors on leave. This collection, Short Cruises, contains some of W.W. Jacobs' most popular characters, including the night watchman at the docks in Wapping who relates the stories of his friends Ginger Dick, Sam Small, and Peter Russet.
The Changeling
Mixed Relations
His Lordship
Alf's Dream
A Distant Relative
The Test
In the Family
A Love Knot Her Uncle
The Dreamer
Angels' Visits
A Circular Tour
The Changeling
Mixed Relations
His Lordship
Alf's Dream
A Distant Relative
The Test
In the Family
A Love Knot Her Uncle
The Dreamer
Angels' Visits
A Circular Tour
Author
W.W. Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous as well as sardonic in tone). Today he is best known for a few short works of horror fiction.
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