Short Cruises

by W.W. Jacobs

William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. He is now best remembered for his macabre tales The Monkey's Paw, and The Toll House (in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1907

About the author

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. One being "The Monkey's Paw"(published 1902). It has in its own right become a well-known and widely anthologized classic.


~Literary Works

Many Cargoes (1896)
The Skipper's Wooing (1897)
Sea Urchins (1898) /aka More Cargoes (US) (1898)
A Master of Craft (1900)
The Monkey's Paw (1902)
The Toll House (1902)
Light Freights (1901)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
The Barge (1902)
Odd Craft (1903) : contains The Money Box, basis of Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations (1935)
Dialstone Lane (1902)
Captain's All (1905)
Short Cruises (1907)
Salthaven (1908)
Sailors' Knots (1909)
The Toll House (1909)
Ship's Company (1911)
Night Watches (1914)
The Castaways (1916)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is an unfortunate sameness to all of the stories in this collection. Each one deals in a sort of Battle of the Sexes circa 1907, with men attempting to outwit women only to be outwitted themselves in the final act. Most ate sailors, and even when they aren't, the tales are set in seaside towns. It's pleasant enough reading, and I did enjoy it, but I think it would work better read one story a day to keep the similarities from becoming too striking.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful short humorous stories from the turn of the century!

[Maryam Zubeir · Rating 2 out of 5]

الترجمة الأولى لكتابات القاص والكاتب المسرحي الإنجليزي ويليام جاكوبس، الترجمة عبارة مجموعة من القصص القصيرة عن البحر والبحارة، القصص تهكمية وساخرة بشكل عام ولكل منها على قصرها عبرة وقد كانت القيمة الأكبر التي ناقشها الكاتب هي أهمية الصدق والنزاهة وما يؤدي إليه الكذب والغش مهما ظننت أنك نجوت.

قصص قصيرة خفيفة تقرأ في يوم واحد.