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Excerpt: ...ses Peter. "'Doing wrong?' ses Ginger Dick, staring. 'Wot are you talking about?' "'Something the landlady said showed us as we was doin' wrong, ' ses old Sam, very solemn; 'it come over us in a flash.' "'Like lightning, ' ses Peter. "'All of a sudden we see wot a... Read Full Overview

Light Freights is a collection of short stories written by W. W. Jacobs and published in 1917. The book contains 14 stories that revolve around the lives of sailors and their adventures on the high seas. The stories are set in the early 1900s and are written in a humorous and... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview