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    Short Cruises: 12 Humorous Short Stories
    Short Cruises: 12 Humorous Short Stories
    Short Cruises: 12 Humorous Short Stories
    Audiobook5 hours

    Short Cruises: 12 Humorous Short Stories

    Written by W. W. Jacobs

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    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
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781467669368
    Short Cruises: 12 Humorous Short Stories
    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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