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An English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw".
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William Wymark Jacobs
Works
Novels and Short Story Collections
- The Lady of the Barge (collection) (1902) short stories (transcription project)
- The Lady of the Barge
- The Monkey's Paw
- Bill's Paper Chase
- The Well
- Cupboard Love
- In the Library
- Captain Rogers
- A Tiger's Skin
- A Mixed Proposal
- An Adulteration Act
- A Golden Venture
- Three at Table
- Many Cargoes (1896) short stories
- The Skipper's Wooing (1897)
- Sea Urchins (1898) US title: More Cargoes (1898) short stories
- A Master of Craft (1900)
- Light Freights (1901)
- At Sunwich Port (1902)
- Dialstone Lane (1902)
- Odd Craft (1903)
- Captain's All (1905)
- Short Cruises (1907)
- Salthaven (1908)
- Sailor's Knots (1909)
- Ship's Company (1911)
- Night Watches (1914)
- The Castaways (1916)
- Deep Waters (1919)
Short Stories
- "An Adulteration Act," in Harper's Magazine, 1900 (included in The Lady of the Barge, 1902)
- "After the Inquest," in Short Stories, Nov 1894
- "A Black Affair," in The Idler, Apr 1896
- "A Case of Desertion," in Short Stories, Jul 1894
- ' "Choice Spirits",' in The Idler, Apr 1896
- "Contraband of War," in The Idler, Feb 1896 (Included in Many Cargoes, 1896)
- "A Golden Venture," in Harper's Magazine, 1900 (included in The Lady of the Barge, 1902)
- Jerry Bundler in Windsor Magazine, vol 8, 1897-98
- "The Lady of the Barge (short story)," in Harper's Magazine, 1900
- "A Love Passage," in The Idler, Aug 1896
- The Monkey's Paw (1901)
- The Toll House (1902)
- "Two of a Trade," in The Idler, vol 10, Dec 1896 (included in Sea Urchins, 1898)
Works about Jacobs
- "Jacobs, William Wymark," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1943, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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