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W. W. Jacobs
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W. W. Jacobs

At Sunwich Port

Paperback (Forgotten Books April 14, 2017)
Excerpt from At Sunwich PortThe ancient port of Sunwich was basking in the sunshine of a July afternoon. A rattle of cranes and winches sounded from the shipping in the harbour, but the town itself was half asleep. Somnolent shopkeepers in dim back parlours coyly veiled their faces in red hand kerchiefs from the too ardent flies, while small boys left in Charge noticed listlessly the slow passing of time as recorded by the Church Clock.It is a fine Church, and Sunwich is proud of it. The tall grey tower is a landmark at sea, but from the narrow streets of the little town itself it has a disquieting appearance of rising suddenly above the roofs huddled beneath it for the purpose of displaying a black-faced Clock with gilt numerals whose mellow Chimes have recorded the passing hours for many generations of Sunwich men.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISBN
1331208815 / 9781331208815
Pages
354
Weight
19.2 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.7 in.

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