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    The Monkey's Paw
    The Monkey's Paw
    The Monkey's Paw
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    The Monkey's Paw

    By W. W. Jacobs

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    Three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFractal Press
    Release dateOct 15, 2015
    ISBN9781911144120
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    W. W. Jacobs

    William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous as well as sardonic in tone). Today he is best known for a few short works of horror fiction.

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    • 2/5
      Quite predictable
    • 4/5
      There was one family.One day they got ' a monkey's paw ' from father's friend.' A monkey's paw' brought unhaoiness.And the family got unhapiness.This story is very horrible for me.I don't want to get ' a monkey's paw ',bbecause it was very dangerous.' A monkey paw ' scared me very much.
    • 5/5
      One elderly couple and their son's story.They have not money but living happily.One day the husband's friend visit them, he said the story of Monkey's Paw brought back from India.Monkey's Paw is for us to fulfill three wishes.But at the same time,Monkey's Paw provide unhappy...I was drawn to this story.The story goes to the end without a stall, close the curtain, leaving a mystery.I like this story very much!
    • 5/5
      What a great story ala the grass is always greener. Only 4 1/2 because it is a bit predictable!
    • 4/5
      This story is about Monkey's paw.According to this book,monkey's paw has magic.But,we can wish only 3wishes,and ,instead of the wish,we lose important thing.The cast whose name is Mr.brownwanted to alot of money,but he lost his son.This story is not true,but I thinked that this story was very interesting.
    • 1/5
      Was quite disappointed with this one. Not scary at all, and actually pretty boring.
    • 5/5
      One of the top ten short stories I've ever read. The effect lingers long after the reading.
    • 4/5
      The definitive tale of wishes gone wrong. Strong, but not as scary as I'd remembered it, somehow. (I didn't recall there being so much forethought about what state the son might be in when he returned.)
    • 4/5
      A cautionary tale about being careful about what we wish for. I've seen many adaptations of the story in pulp comics, movies, and television shows, but had never read the actual story they were all based on. Although a great short story, I think some of the adaptations did a better job of generating the horror of the final scenes. The short story pretty much leaves that to our own imagination. It's the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.
    • 5/5
      What a great story ala the grass is always greener. Only 4 1/2 because it is a bit predictable!
    • 4/5
      I’ve always liked reading The Monkey’s Paw. It’s not your typical horror story and leaves the main cause of the readers uneasiness to their imagination.

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    The Monkey's Paw - W. W. Jacobs

    W. W. Jacobs

    W. W. Jacobs

    The Monkey’s Paw

    New Edition

    LONDON ∙ NEW YORK ∙ TORONTO ∙ SAO PAULO ∙ MOSCOW

    PARIS ∙ MADRID ∙ BERLIN ∙ ROME ∙ MEXICO CITY ∙ MUMBAI ∙ SEOUL ∙ DOHA

    TOKYO ∙ SYDNEY ∙ CAPE TOWN ∙ AUCKLAND ∙ BEIJING

    New Edition

    Published by Fractal Press

    www.fractal-press.co.uk

    This Edition first published in 2015

    Copyright © 2015 Fractal Press

    Images and Illustrations © 2015 Stocklibrary.org

    All Rights Reserved.

    Contents

    THE MONKEY’S PAW

    CHAPTER I.

    CHAPTER II.

    CHAPTER III.

    THE MONKEY’S PAW

    CHAPTER I.

    Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.

    Hark at the wind, said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late,

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