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The Lady of the Barge
W. W. Jacobs
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"This is my brother-in-law, Cap'n Gibbs," said Ted, introducing the new arrival; "smartest man at a barge on the river."
The girl extended a neatly gloved hand, shook the skipper's affably, and looked wonderingly about her.
"It's very close to the water, Ted," she said, dubiously.
The skipper coughed. "We don't take passengers as a rule," he said, awkwardly; "we 'ain't got much convenience for them."
"Never mind," said the girl, kindly; "I sha'nt expect too much."
She turned away, and following the mate down to the cabin, went into ecstasies over the space-saving contrivances she found there. The drawers fitted in the skipper's bunk were a source of particular interest, and the owner watched with strong disapprobation through the skylight her efforts to make him an apple-pie bed with the limited means at her disposal. He went down below at once as a wet blanket. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Il libro è una raccolta di racconti di W. W. Jacobs, scritti all'inizio del 1900 ("La dama della chiatta" è stato scritto nel 1902).
Sono racconti di generi diversi, alcuni leggeri e divertenti, altri che invece possono essere definiti horror; uno di questi ultimi, "La zampa di scimmia", pare che ab
Racconti efficaci, con spunti interessanti.
I personaggi rappresentati raccontano varie sfumature della natura umana. Ovviamente bisogna tenere conto dell’epoca in cui sono stati scritti e del contesto per poterci entrare appieno. Non mi hanno entusiasmato in maniera totalitaria per questo le 4 stel
This collection includes THE MONKEYS PAW, Jacobs' best remembered horror story. I wrote my very brief impressions and explanations of each story as I read the collection:
THE LADY OF THE BARGE THE LADY OF THE BARGE, Complete By W. W. JACOBS 1911 (I believe it may have originally been publishe
I racconti sono davvero particolari e interessanti e spaziano dall'horror al divertente, dal surreale all'assurdo dandoti una serie di piccoli mondi che non vedi l'ora di esplorare.
Il problema è la traduzione. Io di norma non tengo sotto l'originale per controllare se la traduzione è fatta bene, ma
I liked these stories. They offer interesting characters and a refined sense of human nature and relations. The Monkey’s Paw is definitely horror!
Short stories. Keep on trucking past the title story, "The Lady of the Barge", a tepid affair inexplicably chosen to lead the collection, and immediately thereafter you'll reach "The Monkey's Paw", the finest the horror genre has to offer. The rest of the stories are mostly excellent, and run the ga