Art & Aesthetics
Deserted
Deserted is a story built around isolation, absence, and the unsettling consequences of being cut off from ordinary human society. W
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Books by W. W. Jacobs
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Art & Aesthetics
Double dealing
Double Dealing is built around deception, misunderstanding, and the comic consequences of people trying to gain an advantage without realizing that everyone else is doing exactly the same thing. W
Military & War
Homeward bound
Homeward Bound is a maritime story built around the strange mixture of relief and uncertainty that appears when sailors are finally heading home. Jacobs uses ordinary seafaring characters, practical problems, humor, and misunderstanding to create a story in which the long-awaited return may be
Art & Aesthetics
Keeping up appearances
Keeping Up Appearances is built around one of Jacobs’s favorite subjects: the trouble created when ordinary people become too invested in looking respectable. Characters spend energy hiding mistakes, exaggerating status, or managing what neighbors think, only to discover that appearances are
Art & Aesthetics
Matrimonial openings
Matrimonial Openings turns the beginning of marriage into comic material. W
Art & Aesthetics
Odd man out
Odd Man Out plays with one of W. W
Art & Aesthetics
Peter's pence
Peter’s Pence is a comic piece in the tradition of W. W
Art & Aesthetics
Prize money
Prize Money is a comic story in which money, expectation, and the promise of a reward create exactly the kind of trouble W. W
Classics & Literature
Sailors' knots (entire collection)
Sailors’ Knots gathers W. W
Fantasy & Children's
Self-help
Self-Help by W. W
Art & Aesthetics
Sentence deferred
Sentence Deferred is built around the suspense created when punishment, justice, and uncertainty are pushed into the same situation. W
Classics & Literature
Ship's company, the entire collection
Ship’s Company gathers W. W
Classics & Literature
Skilled assistance
Skilled Assistance is a short work whose title suggests one of the central concerns of practical and comic writing: what happens when a person needs help from someone whose skills are not quite as controllable as expected. In the tradition of Jacobs’s maritime and working-life stories, everyday
Art & Aesthetics
The head of the family
The Head of the Family is a comic story in W. W
Classics & Literature
The old man of the sea
The Old Man of the Sea is presented as a maritime narrative in which the sea, the vessel, and the people who live by seafaring become the center of the story. The title immediately suggests the archetype of the solitary old sailor: a figure shaped by years of wind, danger, routine, and memory
Art & Aesthetics
The toll-house
The Toll-House is a classic W. W
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