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

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

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 genresPlease 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.Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The NovelsA MASTER OF CRAFTAT SUNWICH PORTDIALSTONE LANESALTHAVENTHE CASTAWAYSThe Short Story CollectionsTHE SKIPPER'S WOOING AND THE BROWN MAN'S SERVANTMANY CARGOESMORE CARGOESLIGHT FREIGHTSTHE LADY OF THE BARGEODD CRAFTCAPTAINS ALLSHORT CRUISESSAILORS' KNOTSSHIP'S COMPANYNIGHT WATCHESDEEP WATERSThe Short StoriesLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PlaysTHE MONKEY'S PAWBEAUTY AND THE BARGETHE BOATSWAIN'S MATETHE CHANGELINGTHE GHOST OF JERRY BUNDLERTHE GREY PARROTADMIRAL PETERSIN THE LIBRARYTHE WARMING PANA DISTANT RELATIVEMASTER MARINERSMATRIMONIAL OPENINGSDIXON'S RETURNDOUBLE DEALINGPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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