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W W Jacobs - The Short Stories - Volume 1

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Item Width: 6 in Language: English Topic: Short Stories (Single Author) height: 0.2 in Illustrator: Yes Number of Pages: 116 Pages Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Copyright Group The Limited Genre: Fiction ISBN: 9781785432361 Book Title: W. W. Jacobs-The Short Stories-Volume 1 Author: W. W. Jacobs Item Length: 9 in Publication Year: 2015 Item Weight: 5.8 Oz width: 6 in Item Height: 0.2 in

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W W Jacobs - The Short Stories - Volume 1. Author: Jacobs, W. W. (Author). Binding: Paperback, Paperback. Weight: 0.36 lbs. Publication Date: 2015-04-15. Publisher: Miniature Masterpieces. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: W W Jacobs - The Short Stories - Volume 1 ISBN13: 9781785432361 ISBN10: 1785432362 Author: Jacobs, W. W. (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - William Wymark Jacobs Was Born On September 8Th, 1863 In The Wapping District Of London, England Jacobs Grew Up Near The Docks, Where His Father Was A Wharf Manager The Docks And River Side Would Be A Constant Theme Of His Writing In Years To Come Although Surrounded By Poverty, He Received A Formal Education In London, First At A Private Prep School And Later At The Birkbeck Literary And Scientific Institute His Working Life Began With A Less Than Exciting Clerical Position At The Post Office Savings Bank Jacobs Put His Imagination To Good Use Writing Short Stories, Sketches And Articles, Many For The Post Office House Publication Blackfriars Magazine In 1896 Jacobs Published Many Cargoes, A Selection Of Sea-Faring Yarns, Which Established Him As A Popular Writer With A Knack For Authentic Dialogue And Trick Endings A Year Later He Published A Novelette, The Skipper's Wooing, And In 1898 Another Collection Of Short Stories; Sea Urchins These Works Painted Vivid Pictures Of Dockland And Seafaring London Full Of Colourful Characters By 1899, Jacobs Was Able To Quit The Post Office And Write Full-Time He Married The Noted Suffragist Agnes Eleanor Williams (Who Had Been Jailed For Her Protest Activities) In 1900 They Set Up Households Both In Loughton, Essex And In Central London The Publication In 1902 Of At Sunwich Port And Dialstone Lane, In 1904, Cemented Jacobs' Reputation As One Of The Leading British Authors Of The New Century There Followed A String Of Further Successful Publications, Including Captain's All (1905), Night Watches (1914), The Castaways (1916), And Sea Whispers (1926) Though Jacobs Would Create Little In The Way Of New Work After 1911, He Still Wrote And Was Recognized As A Leading Humorist, Ranked Alongside Such Writers As P G Wodehouse William Wymark Jacobs Died In A North London Nursing Home In Hornsey Lane, Islington On September 1St, 1943 Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Miniature Masterpieces Publication Date: 2015-04-15 Weight: 0.36 lbs Dimensions: 0.24'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 116 Language: English

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