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This collection gathers short tales set largely among riverfolk, sailors, and ordinary townspeople, blending maritime atmosphere with domestic scenes. Narratives shift between light comic sketches of awkward courtships and social friction and darker pieces where superstition, chance, or human failings produce ironic or chilling outcomes. Many stories hinge on a single unexpected twist or moral reversal, using concise plotting, local detail, and keen observation to build suspense or deliver comic payoff. Together the pieces balance sympathetic character portraits and sly humor with occasional macabre imagination, showing how small decisions and quirks of temperament can lead to surprising consequences.

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Title: The Lady of the Barge and Others, Entire Collection

Author: W. W. Jacobs

Illustrator: Maurice Greiffenhagen

active 1896-1918 Amy Richards

James Frank Sullivan

Release date: April 1, 2004 [eBook #12133]
Most recently updated: November 5, 2024

Language: English

Credits: David Widger

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The Lady of the Barge

by W. W. JACOBS

1911