Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 135 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 Jacobs, William Wymark Owen, Will 1869 1957 Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) Reading ease score: 91.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Deserted -- Homeward bound -- Self-help -- Sentence deferred -- "Matrimonial openings" -- Odd man out -- "The toll-house" -- Peter's pence -- The head of the family -- Prize money -- Double dealing -- Keeping up appearances. Produced by David Widger "Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection)" by W. W. Jacobs is a collection of short stories likely written in the early 20th century. The anthology features humorous and character-driven tales revolving around sailors and their adventures, highlighting the quirks of life at sea and on land. The opening of the collection introduces readers to the night-watchman who reflects on the nature of sailors, contrasting them with land-dwellers. He shares anecdotes about a sailor named Rupert Brown, who wishes to escape the monotony of his life at sea and is then drawn into a comedic series of events involving a chance encounter with a theatrical manager. Amidst Rupert's antics, the watchman's observations provide a rich, humorous commentary on the embrace of adventure and the folly behind it. This sets a light-hearted tone for the upcoming stories, ensuring that readers are in for an entertaining journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/10793/10793-rst/images/cover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/10793/10793-h/images/title.jpg en Humorous stories, English England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 360068 360620 2024-10-05T06:37:48.598320 2023-10-05T07:02:58.954434 text/html text/html 382965 2021-01-26T16:58:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 4139890 2021-01-26T16:58:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 4301744 2024-10-05T06:37:54.061316 application/epub+zip 4308070 2024-10-05T06:37:49.530347 application/epub+zip 180501 2024-10-05T06:37:49.019410 application/epub+zip 4410056 2024-10-05T06:37:57.503289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4385041 2024-10-05T06:37:53.546346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265206 2022-09-05T09:56:47.722754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290067 290062 2024-10-05T06:37:47.552336 2023-10-05T07:02:57.854407 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 291336 2020-12-20T04:46:09 text/plain; charset=utf-8 106591 2020-12-20T04:46:09 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20440 2024-10-05T06:37:57.646307 application/rdf+xml 18335 2024-10-05T06:37:49.112342 image/jpeg 3249 2024-10-05T06:37:49.065338 image/jpeg 4181095 2024-10-05T06:37:48.753347 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