# Mr. W. W. Jacobs — A Personal Record character guide

> Mr. W. W. Jacobs in A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Jacobs

**First appearance:** 0002-a-personal-record

## Who they are

A fellow writer and acquaintance of the narrator.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_personal_record_se/characters/narrator)

_social_

Mr. W. W. Jacobs is a literary figure or acquaintance, with the narrator engaging in social or literary discussion.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_personal_record_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as the author whose later illustrations would resemble the grotesque deckhand the narrator encountered.

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