Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 74 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 Jacobs, William Wymark Owen, Will 1869 1957 Odd Craft, Complete Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. The money box -- The castaway -- Blundell's improvement -- Bill's lapse -- Lawyer Quince -- Breaking a spell -- Establishing relations -- The changing numbers -- The persecution of Bob Pretty -- Dixon's return -- A spirit of avarice -- The third string -- Odd charges -- Admiral Peters. "Odd Craft, Complete" by W. W. Jacobs is a collection of humorous stories written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives and misadventures of various sailors and the eccentric characters they encounter, mixing comedy with social commentary in a lively, colloquial style. Through intertwining tales, the author captures the humorous follies, struggles, and peculiarities of seafaring life and its cast of characters, including sailors like Ginger Dick, Peter Russet, and the amiable troublemaker Bill Burton. At the start of the collection, the opening story "The Money-Box" introduces us to two sailors, Ginger Dick and Peter Russet, who enlist an old shipmate, Isaac Lunn, to help them save their hard-earned wages from quick spending. The humorous narrative unfolds as they struggle against temptation and their impulsive behavior. Despite good intentions, the duo’s plans quickly degenerate into chaos, resulting in a series of comedic incidents that showcase their inability to outsmart their impulses. This light-hearted introduction sets the tone for the rest of the stories, which promise more amusing escapades among the colorful cast of Jacobs' maritime world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/12215/12215-h/images/cover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/12215/12215-rst/images/cover.jpg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12215/12215-rst/images/cover.jpg en Humorous stories, English England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Sailors -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 411726 474533 2024-11-05T16:18:47.064914 2023-10-06T04:27:52.834118 text/html text/html 412433 2023-11-29T01:06:33 text/html 7728619 2024-11-05T16:18:54.246397 application/epub+zip 7728495 2024-11-05T16:18:48.350927 application/epub+zip 223080 2024-11-05T16:18:47.621900 application/epub+zip 7837481 2024-11-05T16:18:58.427339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7813249 2024-11-05T16:18:53.437389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301245 2022-09-06T19:17:20.715435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371234 361260 2024-11-05T16:18:45.997888 2023-10-06T04:27:51.981084 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 370995 2023-11-29T01:06:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19234 2024-11-05T16:18:58.575335 application/rdf+xml 20137 2024-11-05T16:18:47.746912 image/jpeg 3376 2024-11-05T16:18:47.684888 image/jpeg 7582339 2024-11-05T16:18:47.299949 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