The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales

The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales
Author: W.W. Jacobs
Publsiher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780897336680

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Eighteen humorous tales of the macabre and supernatural from W.W. Jacobs, including his classic, “The Monkey’s Paw.” Considered one of the foremost humorists in England at the turn of the century, W.W. Jacobs (1863–1943) is best known for his masterpiece of horror, “The Monkey’s Paw.” He was the author of thirteen volumes of short stories—all of which were commercially successful—and eighteen of these are included together for the first time in this gripping collection of macabre fiction. This book features Gothic narratives, stories of the macabre and supernatural tales. But they are also infused with shrewd and sardonic humor, for which Jacobs was justifiably famous. They demonstrate vividly his masterful instinct for weaving terror and suspense into scenes of ordinary life. His boyhood memories of South Devon Wharf lend authenticity to the many stories with nautical backgrounds or that feature seamen as protagonists. Because of its immense popularity, “The Monkey’s Paw” has tended to overshadow a good deal of Jacobs’ other work, and it is undoubtedly the most readily recognized and by far the most anthologized story in the collection. But readers will be delighted to know that Jacobs’ craftmanship is abundantly apparent in many of his other tales, as they will discover in this volume. Horror and mystery aficionados will be intrigued and delighted by his range of skillful and witty prose; and they will at last come to appreciate a writer whose other work has been for so long “lost” to the general public. “Eighteen of [Jacobs’] admirably rich stories are gathered in this collection, which shows off to advantage his absolute mastery of the form. Obvious in his stories is a vein of humor, regardless of whether they are conventional mysteries or tales of the macabre or the supernatural. . . . These stories will be at home in the hands of any admirer of the form.” —Booklist

W W Jacobs The Monkey s Paw

W W  Jacobs  The Monkey s Paw
Author: Peter Leigh
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2000
Genre: Readers
ISBN: OCLC:1195479523

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The Monkey s Paw Fantasy Horror Classics

The Monkey s Paw  Fantasy   Horror Classics
Author: W. W. Jacobs
Publsiher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2015-05-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781473396104

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This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1902 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Jacobs worked as a clerk in the civil service before turning to writing in his late twenties, publishing his first short story in 1895. Most of Jacobs' work appeared before the onset of World War I, and although the majority of his output was humorous in tone, he is best-remembered now for his macabre tales, particularly those contained in his 1902 collection The Lady of the Barge, such as 'The Monkey's Paw' and 'The Toll House'.

The Lady of the Barge

The Lady of the Barge
Author: W.W. Jacobs
Publsiher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2018-05-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9783732695805

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Reproduction of the original: The Lady of the Barge by W.W. Jacobs

The Monkey s Paw

The Monkey s Paw
Author: William Wymark Jacobs
Publsiher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-11-07
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1503165000

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This edition contains the classical horror story 'The Monkey's Paw' as well as the following other gothic tales by William Wymark Jacobs : Jerry Bundler, The Toll-House, The Well, A Black Affair, The Three Sisters, Keeping Up Appearances

A Wild Swan

A Wild Swan
Author: Michael Cunningham
Publsiher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780374712600

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Fairy tales for our times from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours A poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate; a girl whose extraordinarily long hair causes catastrophe; a man with one human arm and one swan's wing; and a house deep in the forest, constructed of gumdrops and gingerbread, vanilla frosting and boiled sugar. In A Wild Swan and Other Tales, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away—the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder—are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation. Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed: the years after a spell is broken, the rapturous instant of a miracle unexpectedly realized, or the fate of a prince only half cured of a curse. The Beast stands ahead of you in line at the convenience store, buying smokes and a Slim Jim, his devouring smile aimed at the cashier. A malformed little man with a knack for minor acts of wizardry goes to disastrous lengths to procure a child. A loutish and lazy Jack prefers living in his mother's basement to getting a job, until the day he trades a cow for a handful of magic beans. Reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true.

The Curse of the Monkey s Paw

The Curse of the Monkey s Paw
Author: M. R. Williamson
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2019-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1087805864

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A tribute to W. W. Jacobs told in three parts.

The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales

The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales
Author: William Wymark Jacobs
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1954
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:491510281

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