The Monkey's Paw and Other Stories

by W.W. Jacobs

The Monkey's Paw is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs first published in England in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.
This unique collection brings in one volume eighteen classic tales by W. W. Jacobs, including the macabre tale "The Monkey's Paw", originally published in 1902. Other stories in this collection are: The Lady Of The Barge, The Well, Bill's Paper Chase, In The Library, Cupboard Love, Captain Rogers, A Tiger's Skin, A Mixed Proposal, A Golden Venture, Three At Table, An Adulteration Act, The Old Man Of The Sea, The Money-Box, Prize Money, The Three Sisters, The Toll-House, And Jerry Bundler.

160 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2016

About the author

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. One being "The Monkey's Paw"(published 1902). It has in its own right become a well-known and widely anthologized classic.


~Literary Works

Many Cargoes (1896)
The Skipper's Wooing (1897)
Sea Urchins (1898) /aka More Cargoes (US) (1898)
A Master of Craft (1900)
The Monkey's Paw (1902)
The Toll House (1902)
Light Freights (1901)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
The Barge (1902)
Odd Craft (1903) : contains The Money Box, basis of Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations (1935)
Dialstone Lane (1902)
Captain's All (1905)
Short Cruises (1907)
Salthaven (1908)
Sailors' Knots (1909)
The Toll House (1909)
Ship's Company (1911)
Night Watches (1914)
The Castaways (1916)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)

Reviews

[Kain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really good short stories here from my favourite writing period. A couple of stories revisit a specific set of people in a village which was clever and one it two stories gave me chills.