Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 112 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 Jacobs, William Wymark Owen, Will 1869 1957 The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7. Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger "The Toll-House" by W. W. Jacobs is a short story that was likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around a group of friends who decide to spend a night in a supposedly haunted house known as the Toll-House, which has a grim reputation for causing the demise of its occupants. The story delves into themes of skepticism towards the supernatural, camaraderie, and the consequences of bravado. In the tale, Jack Barnes leads a group of friends, including Meagle, Lester, and White, to the foreboding Toll-House, despite the warnings they receive about its haunted history and the deaths that have occurred there. As the group settles in for the night, playful banter quickly gives way to a creeping sense of dread. They find themselves unable to wake two of their companions after a troubling event, only to realize that something hauntingly sinister might be at play. The story culminates in a chilling twist that reveals the fatal consequences of their dare, driving home the eerie uncertainty surrounding the existence of ghosts and the unpredictability of fear in the dark. (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 50951 50185 2024-10-05T06:37:26.126553 2023-10-05T07:02:39.810253 text/html text/html 46907 2020-12-20T04:45:19 text/html; charset=us-ascii 558379 2020-12-20T04:45:19 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 583528 2024-10-05T06:37:27.872464 application/epub+zip 582308 2024-10-05T06:37:26.441557 application/epub+zip 75277 2024-10-05T06:37:26.263435 application/epub+zip 616537 2024-10-05T06:37:29.192455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607260 2024-10-05T06:37:27.688461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99508 2022-09-05T09:56:16.549997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40357 40350 2024-10-05T06:37:25.981469 2023-10-05T07:02:39.691253 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 41746 2020-12-20T04:45:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15892 2020-12-20T04:45:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20125 2024-10-05T06:37:29.321439 application/rdf+xml 18335 2024-10-05T06:37:26.325469 image/jpeg 3249 2024-10-05T06:37:26.293447 image/jpeg 562047 2024-10-05T06:37:26.150495 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