Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 82 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 Jacobs, William Wymark Owen, Will 1869 1957 Breaking a Spell Odd Craft, Part 6. Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger "Breaking a Spell" by W. W. Jacobs is a humorous short story from the early 20th century. This tale falls under the category of fiction, specifically a comedic narrative that explores themes of superstition and the absurdity of witchcraft beliefs. The story focuses on a character named Joe Barlcomb, who becomes increasingly paranoid about being bewitched due to a series of unfortunate events in his life. The storyline follows Joe Barlcomb as he tries to make sense of his bad luck, which he attributes to witchcraft, leading him to consult a supposed "white witch," Mrs. Prince. After enduring a series of misfortunes including his wife’s injury, his children's illnesses, and the death of his pig, Joe seeks Mrs. Prince's help to identify the source of his troubles. Following her peculiar advice involving buying and selling ha'pennies, Joe embarks on a comically misguided quest to discover who in his community wishes him ill. Ultimately, his foolish antics culminate in a misunderstanding that exposes the absurdity of the situation, leaving him as the subject of ridicule in his town when his actions result in unintended consequences instead of the expected resolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories, English England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Sailors -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 51501 50735 2024-10-05T16:37:41.731817 2023-10-06T04:27:25.862864 text/html text/html 47354 2020-12-14T18:51:51 text/html; charset=us-ascii 510251 2020-12-14T18:51:51 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 538851 2024-10-05T16:37:43.395831 application/epub+zip 537621 2024-10-05T16:37:42.035813 application/epub+zip 67338 2024-10-05T16:37:41.857826 application/epub+zip 569712 2024-10-05T16:37:44.610809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561264 2024-10-05T16:37:43.214817 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91885 2022-09-06T19:16:29.999520 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41227 41220 2024-10-05T16:37:41.590811 2023-10-06T04:27:25.747876 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42613 2020-12-14T18:51:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15946 2020-12-14T18:51:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20725 2024-10-05T16:37:44.811792 application/rdf+xml 14945 2024-10-05T16:37:41.924822 image/jpeg 3041 2024-10-05T16:37:41.892805 image/jpeg 516649 2024-10-05T16:37:41.753822 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