Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : SAGA Egmont, 2021
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Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (32 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9788726575774 MWT18404908, 8726575779 18404908
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by B. J. Harrison
"The Castaway" is a short story by W. W. Jacobs, telling of the return of a husband, who was thought lost and buried at sea for three years. Mrs. Boxer immediately welcomes him, but his mother-in-law suspects him to be a fraud. A visit to the local fortune-teller only deepens her suspicions. "The Castaway" is a brilliant mystery story that questions reality in a remarkable way, leaving no stone unturned and dwelling into each the characters' suspicions and fears. Recommended to short story fans and mystery fiction enthusiasts
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