17 is a 1926 thriller novel by the British writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon, inspired by his successful play of the same title from the previous year.

[1] Along with the play it provided inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1932 film Number Seventeen.

It is the first of a series of stories featuring the character of Ben, a former merchant sailor now down-on-his-luck, who continually gets involved in adventures.

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