W.W. Jacobs
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born
September 08, 1863
in Wapping, London, England, The United Kingdom
died
September 01, 1943
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The Monkey's Paw
by W.W. Jacobs, Diane Mowat — published 1902 — 31 editions |
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The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and Macabre
by W.W. Jacobs, Gary Hoppenstand — published 2003 — 2 editions |
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The Monkey's Paw and other Tales of Terror (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)
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A Master of Craft
— 15 editions |
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Classic Tales of Terror (Read 180, Stage B)
by W.W. Jacobs, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki |
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At Sunwich Port
— published 2004 — 31 editions |
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Captains All
— published 2007 — 16 editions |
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Light freights
— published 1900 — 22 editions |
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Matrimonial Openings Sailor's Knot, Part 5
— published 2004 |
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Sailor's Knots
— published 2004 |
“Neither spoke, but lat silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time screwing up his courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock came so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand and spilled in the passage. He stood motionless, his breath suspended until the knock was repeated. Then he turned and fled swiftly back to his room, and closed the door behind him. A third knock sounded through the house.”
― W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock came so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand and spilled in the passage. He stood motionless, his breath suspended until the knock was repeated. Then he turned and fled swiftly back to his room, and closed the door behind him. A third knock sounded through the house.”
― W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
“I've never understood it,' continued Wilfred Carr, yawning. 'It's not in my line at all; I never had enough money for my own wants, let alone for two. Perhaps if I were as rich as you or Croesus I might regard it differently.'
There was just sufficient meaning in the latter part of the remark for his cousin to forbear to reply to it. He continued to gaze out of the window and to smoke slowly.
'Not being as rich as Croesus - or you,' resumed Carr, regarding him from beneath lowered lids, 'I paddle my own canoe down the stream of Time, and, tying it to my friends' doorposts, go in to eat their dinners.' ("The Well")”
― W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and Macabre
There was just sufficient meaning in the latter part of the remark for his cousin to forbear to reply to it. He continued to gaze out of the window and to smoke slowly.
'Not being as rich as Croesus - or you,' resumed Carr, regarding him from beneath lowered lids, 'I paddle my own canoe down the stream of Time, and, tying it to my friends' doorposts, go in to eat their dinners.' ("The Well")”
― W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and Macabre
“She stooped for a stone and dropped it down.
'Fancy being where that is now,' she said, peering into the blackness; 'fancy going round and round like a mouse in a pail, clutching at the slimy sides, with the water filling your mouth, and looking up to the little patch of sky above.'
'You had better come in,' said Benson, very quietly. 'You are developing a taste for the morbid and horrible.' ("The Well")”
― W.W. Jacobs, Ghost Stories
'Fancy being where that is now,' she said, peering into the blackness; 'fancy going round and round like a mouse in a pail, clutching at the slimy sides, with the water filling your mouth, and looking up to the little patch of sky above.'
'You had better come in,' said Benson, very quietly. 'You are developing a taste for the morbid and horrible.' ("The Well")”
― W.W. Jacobs, Ghost Stories
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