William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. He is now best remembered for his macabre tales "The Monkey's Paw" (published 1902 in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge) and "The Toll House" (published 1909 in the collection of short stories Sailors' Knots). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone.

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  • William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. He is now best remembered for his macabre tales "The Monkey's Paw" (published 1902 in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge) and "The Toll House" (published 1909 in the collection of short stories Sailors' Knots). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone. His favourite subjects were marine life: "men who go down to the sea in ships of moderate tonnage" said Punch, reviewing his first collection of stories, Many Cargoes, which achieved great popular success on its publication in 1896. Many Cargoes was followed by the novel The Skipper's Wooing in 1897, and another collection of short stories, Sea Urchins (1898) set the seal on his popularity. Among his other titles are Captains All, Sailors' Knots, and Night Watches. The title of the last reflects the popularity of perhaps his most enduring character: the night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping, recounting the preposterous adventures of his acquaintances Ginger Dick, Sam Small, and Peter Russett. These three characters, pockets full after a long voyage, would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds, assisted by the sailors' own fecklessness and credulity. Jacobs showed a delicacy of touch in his use of the coarse vernacular of the East End of London, which attracted the respect of such writers as P. G. Wodehouse, who mentions Jacobs in his autobiographical work Bring on the Girls (written with Guy Bolton, published 1954). The stories which made up Many Cargoes had a varied previous serial publication, while those in Sea Urchins were, for the most part, published in Jerome K. Jerome's Idler. From October 1898 Jacobs' stories were being published in the The Strand, an arrangement which lasted almost to his death, and provided him with financial security.
  • William Wymark Jacobs war ein englischer Autor von Kurzgeschichten und Romanen. Er ist bekannt für seine makaberen Geschichten wie „Die Affenpfote“ (1902 veröffentlicht) und „The Toll Hous“ (aus der Kurzgeschichten-Sammlung „The Lady of the Barge“). Sein Lieblingsthema war die Seefahrt.
  • William Wymark Jacobs, humorista, novelista y cuentista británico. Se le conoce principalmente por uno de sus relatos macabros, La pata de mono (The Monkey's Paw), incluido en el libro de cuentos The Lady of the Barge (La dama de la barca, 1902). La mayor parte de su obra, sin embargo, se adscribe al género humorístico.
  • William Wymark Jacobs est un écrivain britannique né le 8 septembre 1863 à Londres, décédé le 1 septembre 1943 à Londres.
  • W・W・ジェイコブズ （William Wymark Jacobs, 1863年9月8日 - 1943年9月1日）はイギリスの小説家。短編怪奇小説の「猿の手」や「徴税所」が有名だが、彼の大部分の作品は海に題材をとったむしろユーモラスなものである。
  • Джейкобс, Уильям Ваймарк — английский писатель, автор романов и сборников рассказов, подписывавший свои произведения — W.W. Jacobs. В течение всей своей жизни Джекобс был известен как юморист, о таланте которого восторженно отзывались Генри Джеймс, Дж. К. Честертон, Дж. Б. Пристли, Кристофер Морли. Но в историю мировой литературы он вошёл прежде всего как автор знаменитого рассказа ужасов «Обезьянья лапка» (The Monkey’s Paw, 1902), регулярно включаемого в антологии мистического рассказа.
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  • William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. He is now best remembered for his macabre tales "The Monkey's Paw" (published 1902 in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge) and "The Toll House" (published 1909 in the collection of short stories Sailors' Knots). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone.
  • William Wymark Jacobs war ein englischer Autor von Kurzgeschichten und Romanen. Er ist bekannt für seine makaberen Geschichten wie „Die Affenpfote“ (1902 veröffentlicht) und „The Toll Hous“ (aus der Kurzgeschichten-Sammlung „The Lady of the Barge“). Sein Lieblingsthema war die Seefahrt.
  • William Wymark Jacobs, humorista, novelista y cuentista británico. Se le conoce principalmente por uno de sus relatos macabros, La pata de mono (The Monkey's Paw), incluido en el libro de cuentos The Lady of the Barge (La dama de la barca, 1902). La mayor parte de su obra, sin embargo, se adscribe al género humorístico.
  • William Wymark Jacobs est un écrivain britannique né le 8 septembre 1863 à Londres, décédé le 1 septembre 1943 à Londres.
  • W・W・ジェイコブズ （William Wymark Jacobs, 1863年9月8日 - 1943年9月1日）はイギリスの小説家。短編怪奇小説の「猿の手」や「徴税所」が有名だが、彼の大部分の作品は海に題材をとったむしろユーモラスなものである。
  • Джейкобс, Уильям Ваймарк — английский писатель, автор романов и сборников рассказов, подписывавший свои произведения — W.W. Jacobs. В течение всей своей жизни Джекобс был известен как юморист, о таланте которого восторженно отзывались Генри Джеймс, Дж. К. Честертон, Дж. Б.
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