The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of W. W. Jacobs W. W. Jacobs

A special volume of tales of ghosts and horrors with an often nautical flavour

Rarely is a story so well-known and highly regarded that it eclipses the identity of the author who was responsible for creating it. That may be true however of the macabre short story &lsquo,The Monkey&rsquo,s Paw&rsquo,. Written in 1902, it tells of a charmed disembodied monkey paw which has the power to grant three wishes, one of which, imprudently made, unleashes an abomination. This famous story&rsquo,s author was, of course, William Wymark (W. W.) Jacobs, a British writer and native the dockland area of Wapping in London&rsquo,s East End, whose main body of work was humorous rather than horrific and whose particular taste, perhaps understandably, was for fiction that featured ships and their sailors. Nevertheless, Jacobs penned a respectable collection of chilling supernatural short stories during his long career, In addition to the indispensable &lsquo,The Monkeys Paw&rsquo,, readers will discover &lsquo,In Mid-Atlantic&rsquo,, &lsquo,Over the Side&rsquo,, &lsquo,The Ghost of Jerry Bundler&rsquo, (which was also performed on the stage), &lsquo,The Well&rsquo,, &lsquo,The Interruption&rsquo, and many other stories to entertain and send a shiver down the spine of the reader.

Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles, each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Ficha Técnica

• ISBN: 9781782828150
• Autor: WWJacobs, W. W. Jacobs
• Editorial: Oakpast
• Páginas: No especificado
• Encuadernación: Tapa Blanda
• Dimensiones: 140.00 x 216.00 mm