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

Book excerpt: 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 genres Please 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 titles CONTENTS: The Novels A MASTER OF CRAFT AT SUNWICH PORT DIALSTONE LANE SALTHAVEN THE CASTAWAYS The Short Story Collections THE SKIPPER’S WOOING AND THE BROWN MAN’S SERVANT MANY CARGOES MORE CARGOES LIGHT FREIGHTS THE LADY OF THE BARGE ODD CRAFT CAPTAINS ALL SHORT CRUISES SAILORS’ KNOTS SHIP’S COMPANY NIGHT WATCHES DEEP WATERS The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Plays THE MONKEY’S PAW BEAUTY AND THE BARGE THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE THE CHANGELING THE GHOST OF JERRY BUNDLER THE GREY PARROT ADMIRAL PETERS IN THE LIBRARY THE WARMING PAN A DISTANT RELATIVE MASTER MARINERS MATRIMONIAL OPENINGS DIXON’S RETURN DOUBLE DEALING Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks