Many Cargoes (Esprios Classics) - W. W. Jacobs

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Résumé :
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 - 1 September 1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. During his career, he was best known for his farcical comedies involving dockside and rural Essex characters. He occasionally wrote horror stories and is best remembered today for The Monkey's Paw (1902). In 1879, Jacobs began work as a clerk in the civil service, in the Post Office Savings Bank, and by 1885, he had his first short story published. His road to success was relatively slow' Arnold Bennett writing in 1898 was astonished that Jacobs turned down the sum of ?500 for six short stories. Jacobs was financially secure enough to be able to leave the post office in 1899....

Biographie:
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 - 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama.[1] His best remembered story is The Monkey's Paw.

Sommaire:
William Wymark Jacobs was an English writer of short fiction and play. He is best known for his novella The Monkey's Paw. He was born in 1863 at 5, Crombie's Row, Mile End Old Town (not Wapping, as is commonly said), London, to William Gage Jacobs, a wharf manager, and his wife Sophia. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the young Jacobs spent much time on Thames-side, growing familiar with the life of the neighbourhood and ran wild in Wapping since his father managed the South Devon wharf in Lower East Smithfield, by the St Katherine Docks. William and his siblings were young when their mother died. Their father later married his housekeeper and had seven additional children. In 1879, Jacobs started working as a clerk at the Post Office Savings Bank. By 1885, he had published his first short story, but success was delayed. In 1898, Arnold Bennett was surprised to learn that Jacobs had turned down ?50 for six short stories. He was financially stable enough to leave the post office in 1899....