Short Cruises

Short Cruises
by W. W. Jacobs

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William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. He is now best remembered for his macabre tales The Monkey's Paw, and The Toll House (in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone.

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It ain't the way, said Mr. Harris, impatiently. "Girls like a man o' spirit; not a chap who hangs about without speaking, and looks as though he has been caught stealing the cat's milk. Why don't you go round and see her one afternoon when old Wragg is out?"

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William Wymark Jacobs was a Victorian era writer (1863-1943) who captured the charm of a seaman's life in his telling and humerous stories and books. William Wymark Jacobs is known especially for his sea stories. His familiarity with the wharves and the people who frequented them gave him material for these stories. He was also known for some of his short ghost tales and stories of mystery and the macabre, such as the "Monkey's Paw".

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