Sailor's Knots and Other Stories

By W. W. Jacobs

An exciting collection of stories from W.W. Jacobs, a London based novelist famous for his humour, horror and travel stories.This volume includes some of his iconic work: Deserted, Homeward Bound, Self-help, Sentence Deferred, Matrimonial Openings, Odd Man Out, The Toll-house, Peter's Pence, The Head of the Family, Prize Money, Double Dealing, Keeping Up Appearances.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fractal Press
• Release date: Oct 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781911144144

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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