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Night Watches

by W. W. Jacobs

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Read by Bill Boerst · 3 h 9 min · 10 parts

  1. Back to Back

    23:42

  2. Keeping Watch

    17:39

  3. The Understudy

    17:53

  4. The Weaker Vessel

    22:39

  5. Stepping Backwards

    18:55

  6. The Three Sisters

    16:41

  7. The Unknown

    17:39

  8. The Vigil

    17:33

  9. Easy Money

    19:39

  10. His Other Self

    17:21

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A railway mishap gives Mr. Scutts an opportunity to make a great deal of his condition, while his wife, neighbours and doctors try to decide how seriously to take him. This opening sets the tone for W. W. Jacobs's collection of humorous short stories, where ordinary households become arenas for bargaining, suspicion and elaborate performances. The visitor from the railway company brings an offer of money, and the conversation becomes a contest over what each man will admit.

Elsewhere, a dispute over Mr. Simpson's identity turns awkward when he offers memories that embarrass Mr. Cooper in front of his wife. Such exchanges show how Jacobs builds comedy through speech, small evasions and sudden changes in advantage. Readers interested in domestic farce will find sharp dialogue and characters whose attempts to manage appearances create fresh trouble.

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W. W. Jacobs

W. W. Jacobs (William Wymark Jacobs, 1863 to 1943) was an English writer born in London, the son of a wharf manager. He drew on that dockside world for comic stories of sailors and night watchmen, though he is best remembered for the chilling tale "The Monkey's Paw."

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Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
80
Language
English
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Bill Boerst