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A selection of 16 short stories by William Wymark Jacobs, best
known for his sea stories. His knowledge of wharves and sailors
gave him a background used in many of his most famous works,
including such classics of horror and the macabre as "The Monkey's
Paw."
One of the greatest supernatural stories ever told, The Monkey's
Paw by W.W. Jacobs has enthralled and captivated audiences since it
was first published.
The perils of ambition lie at the heart of this double-bill of
supernatural tales. In The Monkey's Paw a family is granted three
wishes, all of which come true but in a macabre and unexpected way.
In The Dark a successful and ambitious novelist meets his
Mephistopheles and is dispatched to a sinister fate.1 woman, 4 men
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 horror 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 everyday life. His boyhood memories of the 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 new 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.
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