W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...
Introduction Although we are surrounded by it and it encroaches more and more each day into our society and economy, we hear precious few pronouncements against the evil of avarice. It is so much touted as good for the individual and the world...
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