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Deep Waters

Deep Waters

W. W. Jacobs

1919

W.W. Jacobs' "Deep Waters" collects misadventures featuring Sam Small, a salt-soaked sailor with more luck than sense. Returning from a voyage with empty pockets and a head full of tall tales, Sam stumbles into trouble on dry land - ill-advised friendships with slick strangers, half-baked schemes, and wild chases after lost lockets. The stories brim with wry observation and deadpan humor, painting sailors as superstitious, proud, and perpetually outmatched by their own ambitions. Jacobs has a sharp eye for the gap between a sailor's grand sea stories and his humble reality on shore. These are small, affectionate portraits of maritime life and the working-class characters who populate London's docks. They endure because they capture something true about human nature: our talent for talking our way into trouble and our stubborn refusal to learn from it. For readers who enjoy witty short fiction with genuine heart beneath the humor.

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A collection of stories published in the early 20th century. The stories revolve around the whimsical yet often troubled...

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Deep Waters is a collection of short stories by British writer William Hope Hodgson published in 1967 by Arkham House in...

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