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The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales
By W. W. Jacobs and Gary Hoppenstand
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The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre, Compiled by Gary Hoppenstand, brings together a unique collection of W.W. Jacobs's horror stories never before collected. There are eighteen stories altogether in this collection of the macabre and supernatural. Jacobs's own boyhood memories of South Devon Wharf lend an authenticity to the many stories with nautical backgrounds or that feature seamen as protagonists.
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W. W. Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous as well as sardonic in tone). Today he is best known for a few short works of horror fiction.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A classic chiller, often duplicated, but never equaled.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5W.W. Jacobs’s The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre includes eighteen of the author’s effective stories that feature a palpable dose of suspense, owing largely to their expert pacing. Jacobs’s stories, however, are largely devoid of any nuance, literary flourishes or memorably eloquent passages; rather these are simply solid, well-constructed, straightforward, workmanlike tales. There are quite a few tales of murder in which the fearful murderer, looking to cover his tracks and escape, inadvertently (or subconsciously!) sets in motion the events which lead to his downfall. And there are a number of stories in which characters initiate a ghostly hoax in order to scare or embarrass a rival. Standouts are the classic “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Well,” “Jerry Bundler”, “ Three at Table”, “ In the Library” and “The Toll-House.”