Sea whispers (Registro nro. 118955)
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| control field | 78235 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| control field | 20260610134820.0 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jacobs, W. W. |
| Fuller form of name | (William Wymark), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1863-1943 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Sea whispers |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-03-18 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The bravo -- Taking pains -- His brother's keeper -- Trust money -- Kitchen company -- The model -- Artful cards -- Handsome Harry -- The blindness of Captain Ferguson -- Wapping-on-Thames -- The interruption -- Bed cases. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Aaron Adrignola, chenzw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Sea Whispers" by W. W. Jacobs is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. Drawing on riverside and seafaring life around the London docks, it blends broad humor, con‑game capers, and occasional dark twists, often told in a genial, working‑class voice. Recurring figures include a sardonic night‑watchman narrator and the hapless trio Sam Small, Peter Russet, and Ginger Dick, alongside assorted boxers, healers, and con‑artists.<br/><br/>The opening of the collection introduces four sharply different tales. In The Bravo, a kindly night‑watchman tries to shield a timid dandy from a jealous rival by hiring a boxer to impersonate him, only to see the boxer thrash the bully and run off with the girl—leaving the dupe to vent his rage on the watchman. Taking Pains turns to domestic comedy as the ailing Silvanus Key pretends to embrace a pompous “magnetic healer,” then torments him with midnight summons and sly psychological jabs until the healer flees and the patient happily returns to his doctor. His Brother’s Keeper shifts to grim suspense: Anthony Keller, after a fatal struggle with a visitor, hides the body beneath a new garden rockery, but his sleepwalking wrecks the cover each night; a vigilant constable uncovers the truth, and Keller, oddly relieved, submits. Trust Money begins another dockside yarn: Sam Small boasts of a coming windfall from “philanthropists” who reward trust, while skeptical pals shadow a stranger, assault him, and strip his pockets—setting up the next twist in the swindle. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Short stories, English |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thomas, Bert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1883-1966 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89099762122&view=1up&seq=11">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89099762122&view=1up&seq=11</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78235">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78235</a> |
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