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March 25, 2017 | Single Authors Short Stories

By W. W. Jacobs

This early paintings by way of William Wymark Jacobs used to be initially released in 1919 and we're now republishing it with a new introductory biography. 'Deep Waters' is a set of brief tales that comprises stories similar to 'Shareholders', 'Bedridden' and 'The Convert'. Jacobs labored as a clerk within the civil carrier earlier than turning to writing in his past due twenties, publishing his first brief tale in 1895. so much of Jacobs' paintings seemed prior to the onset of worldwide battle I, and even if the vast majority of his output was once funny in tone, he's best-remembered now for his macabre stories, quite these contained in his 1902 assortment the woman of the Barge, akin to 'The Monkey's Paw' and 'The Toll House'.

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