Read The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre by W.W. Jacobs Online
[W.W. Jacobs] ✓ The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre æ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre 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.. There are eighteen stories altogether in this collection of the macabre and supernatural. 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]
| Title | : | The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0897334418 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
"The Monkey's Paw" is, of course, a moral tale about how there's always a price to pay if you interfere with what's natural. Jacobs also emphasizes the dangers of mocking the supernatural. Chesterton and Evelyn Waugh. Later on the man who pulled the bell is all alone in the dark, pursued by ominous footsteps, rushing about in a panicky search for the stairs. They tease each other while drinking whiskey and playing cards to while away the time, and one of them tugs on the servants' bell as a joke. In the superb tale "The Toll House," for example, four men pull the familiar stunt of staying in a supposedly haunted house overnight.
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.. There are eighteen stories altogether in this collection of the macabre and supernatural. 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
A mix of the good and the so-so Steven Warfield I selected this based solely on the merit that I had heard of (and heard of references to) "The Monkey's Paw" story for some time, and having seen that Jacobs usually sprinkled some humor into his stories I was intrigued.The title story is good, and definitely deserving of the various riffs that have been done to it over the years. As for the rest of the s. ""The Monkey's Paw" Terrorizes Even at 106 Years Old" according to G.F. Snell III. "The Monkey's Paw" was written by a humorist who enjoyed writing about adventures on the high seas. Yet W.W. Jacobs is best remembered for giving the world one of the most terrifying short stories in literature.The story is a chilling morality play about the dangers of tempting fate. The lesson is simple: Be careful what you wish for.The story, written in . "greatness and uninventiveness" according to jan erik storebø. some of his stories are truly great. the monkey's paw and toll-house. some pretty good. his brother's keeper and jerry Bundler. but when he doesn't have much of a plot, the result is sad. uninventive. and awfully obvious. at his best his plot is excellent, his descriptions good, the suspence of the characters marked well.
Download The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre
Download as PDF : Click Here
Download as DOC : Click Here
Download as RTF : Click Here