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The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales de William Wymark Jacobs

The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales

Autor William Wymark Jacobs, W.W. Jacobs, Gary Hoppenstand
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2005
"The Monkey's Pawand 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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780897334419
ISBN-10: 0897334418
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 138 x 213 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Chicago Review Press

Recenzii

W.W. Jacobs (1863-1943) was a very entertaining and certainly prolific Bristish writer of short stories. Eighteen of his admirably rich stories are gathered in this collection, which shows off to advantge his absolute mastery of the form. Obvious in his stories is a vein of humor, regardless of whether they are conventional mysteries 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

Notă biografică

W.W. Jacobs is considered a master of the macabre tale, and especially The Monkey's Paw, the lead story in this collection, is a classic horror tale. Collected here are 18 of his stories, and will introduce North American mystery and horror aficionados to one of the great lost artists of the genre. Readers will be delighted by his range of witty and skillful prose, and will see how they are infused with shrewd and sardonic humor. Jacobs was a master at weaving terror and suspense into scenes of everyday life. Readers new to Jacobs are in for a rare treat.
 

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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. An Academy Chicago original. Second printing.