Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 Jacobs, William Wymark Owen, Will 1869 1957 Fairy Gold Ship's Company, Part 4. Reading ease score: 85.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger "Fairy Gold" by W. W. Jacobs is a comedic short story that falls into the genre of humorous fiction, likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around themes of deception, ambition, and the follies of human nature, particularly focusing on the interactions between friends and the mishaps that ensue in the pursuit of hidden wealth. The story centers on Mr. Augustus Teak and his friend Mr. Alfred Chase, who devise a plan to discover a sum of money that Teak believes his wife has secretly saved over the years. As Chase moves in as a lodger, he is tasked with uncovering the hiding place of her supposed savings. The plot thickens with comedic misunderstandings and domestic squabbles as Teak attempts to distract his wife to enable Chase's investigation. Ultimately, chaos ensues when Chase is found in a compromising position, leading to the revelation that Mrs. Teak was the one who moved the money herself, leaving both men baffled and humorously exposed to the consequences of their scheming. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories, English England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 51132 49495 2025-03-05T03:45:57.796175 2023-10-05T06:04:45.311468 text/html text/html 46079 2020-12-20T01:22:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 557827 2020-12-20T01:22:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 581771 2025-03-05T03:46:00.352168 application/epub+zip 580470 2025-03-05T03:45:58.927175 application/epub+zip 85242 2025-03-05T03:45:57.944155 application/epub+zip 615219 2025-03-05T03:46:01.642225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607461 2025-03-05T03:46:00.168257 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111478 2022-09-05T08:31:36.326427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42150 42143 2025-03-05T03:45:57.666230 2023-10-05T06:04:45.173462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 43535 2020-12-20T01:22:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16901 2020-12-20T01:22:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20670 2025-03-05T03:46:01.770249 application/rdf+xml 16137 2025-03-05T03:45:58.818216 image/jpeg 2711 2025-03-05T03:45:58.778151 image/jpeg 561654 2025-03-05T03:45:57.824199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia