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The Castaways [ 1916 ]
Originally published in 1916. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
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322 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2008
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About the author
W.W. Jacobs
1,050 books160 followersWilliam 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)
~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)
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September 10, 2020
Mr. John Boxer reappears three years after his ship, the North Star, wrecked in the South Pacific.
Surviving this plot twist, he comes back home after his wife. Then he encounters his mother-in-law, who dislikes him gravely, and is told about her new aquactaince, a fortune-teller, named Mr. Silver.
Then he makes a plan to unmask the astrologer, who doubts where Mr. Boxer had been during the last years. Mrs. Gimpson reveals his plan to Mr. Silver, who threats her to not tell anybody what she had told him.
Next, Mr. Boxer comes to Mr. Silver's abode, where the magician tells that he had been cheating on his wife with a lot of other women. The intrigue was made! Mr. Boxer tried to hit the astrologer but was hindered by his mother-in-law.
At the end, we can not come to the conclusion if the astrologer was right or not. But there are many points that colaborates with Mr. Boxer's innocence. Such as:
1. Fortune-tellers are regarded as charlatans;
2. All the information given to Mr. Silver concerning Mr. Boxer's disappearance came from Mrs. Gimpson;
3. He was not an attractive man, he was limp and small, so would not marry a lot of pretty girls;
4. At the ending, what he tells his wife, after their reconciliation, can give us a final proof:
"That's right," he said, cheerfully. "So long as you believe in me I don't care what other people think. And before I'm much older I'll find out how that old rascal got to know the names of the ships I was aboard. Seems to me somebody's been talking."
He concludes that Mrs. Gimpson was responsible for telling the names of the ships, and this gave ammunition to the blighter lie about his whereabouts.
Surviving this plot twist, he comes back home after his wife. Then he encounters his mother-in-law, who dislikes him gravely, and is told about her new aquactaince, a fortune-teller, named Mr. Silver.
Then he makes a plan to unmask the astrologer, who doubts where Mr. Boxer had been during the last years. Mrs. Gimpson reveals his plan to Mr. Silver, who threats her to not tell anybody what she had told him.
Next, Mr. Boxer comes to Mr. Silver's abode, where the magician tells that he had been cheating on his wife with a lot of other women. The intrigue was made! Mr. Boxer tried to hit the astrologer but was hindered by his mother-in-law.
At the end, we can not come to the conclusion if the astrologer was right or not. But there are many points that colaborates with Mr. Boxer's innocence. Such as:
1. Fortune-tellers are regarded as charlatans;
2. All the information given to Mr. Silver concerning Mr. Boxer's disappearance came from Mrs. Gimpson;
3. He was not an attractive man, he was limp and small, so would not marry a lot of pretty girls;
4. At the ending, what he tells his wife, after their reconciliation, can give us a final proof:
"That's right," he said, cheerfully. "So long as you believe in me I don't care what other people think. And before I'm much older I'll find out how that old rascal got to know the names of the ships I was aboard. Seems to me somebody's been talking."
He concludes that Mrs. Gimpson was responsible for telling the names of the ships, and this gave ammunition to the blighter lie about his whereabouts.
January 8, 2025
Short story of a missing seaman who abruptly turns up with a fantastic story of being ship wreaked. His mother-in-law doubtful of his story sees a spiritualist who claims otherwise.
July 9, 2019
The Castaway by W.W. Jacobs
From the author of one of my favorite gothic horror short stories The Monkey's Paw.
Mrs. John Boxer's husband appears 3 years after his ship, the North Star went down in the South Pacific.
Escaping death he comes home to the world's worst mother-in-law (Mrs. Gimpson) and A fortune-teller named Mr. Silver, who have doubts about John's story.
From the author of one of my favorite gothic horror short stories The Monkey's Paw.
Mrs. John Boxer's husband appears 3 years after his ship, the North Star went down in the South Pacific.
Escaping death he comes home to the world's worst mother-in-law (Mrs. Gimpson) and A fortune-teller named Mr. Silver, who have doubts about John's story.
February 13, 2010
Nothing new here... but I imagine one would really like it if it were info they'd never heard before.
May 1, 2017
This book offers a lot of great examples of how to create diverse and accommodating learning environments. I really enjoyed it, and I'm psyched to use some of the methods provided.
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