Download or read book The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales written by W.W. Jacobs and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book The Monkey s Paw Fantasy Horror Classics written by W. W. Jacobs and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.
Download or read book W W Jacobs The Monkey s Paw written by Peter Leigh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lady of the Barge written by W.W. Jacobs and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Lady of the Barge by W.W. Jacobs
Download or read book A Wild Swan written by Michael Cunningham and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Curse of the Monkey s Paw written by M. R. Williamson and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to W. W. Jacobs told in three parts.
Download or read book Lukundoo and Other Stories written by Edward Lucas White and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales written by William Wymark Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Monkey s Paw and Other Tales written by W.W. Jacobs and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Lady of the Barge and Others written by W. W. Jacobs and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lady of the Barge and Others" by W. W. Jacobs. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Monkey See Monkey Zoo written by Erin Soderberg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After listening to a young boy describe his life, Willa the monkey escapes from her zoo home and, together with some friendly chipmunks, goes in search of him in the human city.
Download or read book Monkey Paw Soup written by Ernest C. Brace and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of non-fiction short stories. Captured as a civilian USAID/CIA pilot in Laos in 1965, Captain Brace spent almost 8 years as a POW in Laos Cages and Hanoi Prisons. After being released in 1973, Ernie Brace was back in Saigon in 1974 re-positioning aircraft and pilots to Peace Keeping Missions for the United Nations in Africa, and Narcotics Missions in Mexico. Over the next 20 years Ernie's assignments took him to Mexico, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Russia. Ernie was inducted into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor in 2010, and recognized in a ceremony and press release by the CIA October 21, 2010. Ernie is the author of A CODE TO KEEP, the story of his nearly eight years as a POW in Laos, and Vietnam. Foreword by Senator John McCain III, is available from Amazon in book and Kindle.
Download or read book The Monkey s Paw and Other Stories written by William Wymark Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A redesign of "The Monkey's Paw" and other classic tales by W.W. Jacobs
Download or read book Track That Monkey PAW Patrol written by Casey Neumann and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This all-new storybook stars the characters from Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol! Chase, Skye, Rocky, and the rest of the team from Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol meet a mischievous monkey. Will this new friend drive the team bananas? Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this storybook with cards and stickers.
Download or read book Rags Bones written by Melissa Marr and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best writers of our generation retell classic tales. From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers. Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.
Download or read book The Toll House written by William Wymark Jacobs and published by Litres. This book was released on 2018-07-22 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Voice in the Night written by William Hope Hodgson and published by Atlântico Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Voice in the Night, a short story by William Hope Hodgson, has been adapted by the cinema a number of times, most prominently in the 1963 Japanese film “Matango”. It also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's paperback anthology “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV”. William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was an English author that produced essays and novels, that mixes horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to his short stories, many of which are set on the ocean. Hodgson’s single most famous story is probably The Voice in the Night”, where a fisherman’s aboard a ship in the North Pacific, on night watch in a fog-bank, hears a voice call out from the sea. The voice asks for food, but it insists it can come no closer, that it fears the light, and that God is merciful. In payment for the food it tells a frightening tale… The Voice in the Night integrates the collection “Classics of World Literature”, developed by Atlântico Press, a publisher company present in the global editorial market, since 1992.
