Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 169 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 Jacobs, William Wymark Owen, Will 1869 1957 Manners Makyth Man Ship's Company, Part 12. Reading ease score: 88.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger "Manners Makyth Man" by W. W. Jacobs is a comedic short story written in the early 20th century. The narrative is centered on the everyday life of a night-watchman dealing with a series of humorous and somewhat chaotic events related to a young boy who runs away to sea. The book explores themes of identity and social customs, highlighting the contrasts between pretension and authenticity. In the story, the night-watchman, who finds himself reflecting on his job, encounters a young boy who deceives him into believing he has run away from home to escape mistreatment. As the watchman tries to help the boy and communicate with his supposed father, he realizes he has been tricked twice: first by the boy and then by his attractive sister. The situation escalates when the boy's sister prompts him to search for her brother, who has gone to borrow money for a voyage. The climax occurs when the sister, who is ultimately saved, reveals her true identity as she playfully introduces herself to the watchman. This delightful confusion leads to introspective humor about social status and relationships, ultimately leaving the watchman with a mix of irritation and amusement. (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: Fiction 48857 47277 2025-02-05T03:46:05.640793 2023-10-05T06:05:10.795680 text/html text/html 43741 2020-12-20T01:22:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 558958 2020-12-20T01:22:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 583353 2025-02-05T03:46:07.348770 application/epub+zip 582041 2025-02-05T03:46:05.958788 application/epub+zip 84357 2025-02-05T03:46:05.773810 application/epub+zip 616111 2025-02-05T03:46:08.638775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 608361 2025-02-05T03:46:07.173834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110030 2022-09-05T08:32:14.267234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40006 39999 2025-02-05T03:46:05.512842 2023-10-05T06:05:10.630138 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 41400 2020-12-20T01:22:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16012 2020-12-20T01:22:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20573 2025-02-05T03:46:08.773760 application/rdf+xml 16137 2025-02-05T03:46:05.850814 image/jpeg 2711 2025-02-05T03:46:05.811810 image/jpeg 562979 2025-02-05T03:46:05.658965 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