About this book
<p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/w-w-jacobs/"><abbr>W. W.</abbr> Jacobs</a> was a prolific writer of short stories. His topics were typically humorous and nautical in nature, but they weren’t exclusively so. This anthology includes some of his most famous short stories, including “The Monkey’s Paw,” a story of the supernatural in which a monkey’s hand grants three wishes to its owner, but at huge cost.</p>
Subjects
English Humorous storiesFictionRiver lifeShort storiesSocial life and customsEnglish Short storiesMagicAmuletsWishesShort stories, EnglishMagic--FictionAmulets--FictionCharter Oak Hall (Hartford, Conn.)