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Features Gothic narratives, stories of the macabre and supernatural tales which demonstrate the author's instinct for weaving terror and suspense into scenes of ordinary everyday life.

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W.W. Jacobs (1863-1943) was a very entertaining and certainly prolific British writer of short stories. Eighteen of his 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... Economical in presentation and thus in effect, these stories will be at home in the hands of any admirer of the form, and any public library with active story collections should seriously consider its purchase. -Brad Hooper, Booklist

The Monkeys Paw and Other Tales

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    A Paperback / softback by W.W. Jacobs, Gary Hoppenstand

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      Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
      Publication Date: 30/08/2005
      ISBN13: 9780897334419, 978-0897334419
      ISBN10: 0897334418

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Features Gothic narratives, stories of the macabre and supernatural tales which demonstrate the author's instinct for weaving terror and suspense into scenes of ordinary everyday life.

      Trade Review
      W.W. Jacobs (1863-1943) was a very entertaining and certainly prolific British writer of short stories. Eighteen of his 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... Economical in presentation and thus in effect, these stories will be at home in the hands of any admirer of the form, and any public library with active story collections should seriously consider its purchase. -Brad Hooper, Booklist

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