W. W. Jacobs

In The Monkey's Paw, W.W. Jacobs delivers one of the most iconic and chilling tales of supernatural horror. The story follows the White family as they come into possession of a cursed monkey's paw, capable of granting them three wishes—but at a terrible cost.

LA PATA DE MONO es un relato breve de terror escrito por W. W. Jacobs, en 1902. En esta historia, la pata de un mono muerto es un talismán que cumple a quien la posea tres deseos, pero los deseos vienen con un enorme precio.

When the White family come into the possession of a supposedly mystical talisman – a mummified monkey's paw – they are at first sceptical. According to the previous owner, the paw can grant three wishes, but only with a hellish cost.

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time.

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs is a classic and chilling short story that delves into the dark consequences of tempting fate. When the White family comes...

Welcome to the Fiction on the Web audiobook series, featuring a collection of short stories with a different theme for each volume. Lovingly curated by the owner of Fiction On The Web, Charlie Fish. Come and share in the joy and power of short stories....

Representing the dark underbelly of Romanticism and beyond, these stories reach the shadowy corners of the human soul as seen through the writings of some of the most prominent authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries....

A chilling tale from the late Victorian master of horror, W.W.Jacobs....

Three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate! One of the most famous tales of horror....

The Monkey's Paw is the classic American tale that warns listeners to be careful what they wish for. Both a tale of magic and of horror, a family is thrown in shambles after they receive a mysterious gift: a monkey's paw that can grant the user three wishes....

Fifteen humorous stories by W. W. Jacobs, set on board sailing boats, schooners, barges, and around the docks and quays of London and the South Coast....

A collection of short... stories by W W Jacobs....

"The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs first published in England in 1902. Three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate....

W. W. Jacobs (1863-1941) is best known as a writer of humorous stories and the crafter of the most grisly of horror stories....

Be careful what you wish for. W.W.Jacob's famous horror story about the monkey's paw, a talisman which has had a spell cast on it, enabling three people each to have three wishes....

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'The Rival Beauties' is one of the night watchman's most unlikely tales. He narrates the time when his ship came across a giant sea-serpent and they attempted to lure it with them to New York....

W. W. Jacobs was an English writer, famous for his humorous short stories, particularly those relating the preposterous adventures and misadventures of sailors on leave....

The paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an enormous price....

William Wymark Jacobs (1863 - 1943) was an English short-story writer. "The Monkey's Paw" is a classic horror story whose title refers to a shrunken monkey’s paw that is said to have the power to grant its possessor three wishes....