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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. He is best known for his story "The Monkey's Paw". Early life. He was born in 1863 at 5, Crombie’s Row, Mile End Old Town (not Wapping, as is often stated), [1] London, to William Gage Jacobs, wharf manager, and his wife Sophia. [2] .
W.W. Jacobs (born September 8, 1863, London, England—died September 1, 1943, London) was an English short-story writer best known for his classic horror story “ The Monkey’s Paw.”
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The W. W. Jacobs Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and Free Library of the author's Novels, Stories, Poems, Letters, and Texts.
Learn about the life and career of W. W. Jacobs, a British author of macabre and satirical short stories. Find his best-known work The Monkey's Paw and other stories online, and join the forum discussions.
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).
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Jun 13, 2024 · Quick Reference. (1863–1943), is chiefly remembered as a writer of short stories. These fall roughly into two groups: those dealing humorously with the escapades of sailors and of country characters and rogues, as in the ‘Claybury’ stories; and tales of the macabre, such as the celebrated ‘The Monkey's Paw’, which was dramatized.
Learn about the life and works of W. W. Jacobs, a popular English writer of humorous sea tales and horror stories. Find out how he started as a clerk, wrote many books, and died in 1943.
