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W. W. Jacobs. 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.
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.” Jacobs’s early home was a house on a River Thames wharf, where his father was manager.
William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) was an English author who is best known for his short stories, particularly his horror and supernatural tales. He was born in London, England, and grew up in a working-class family.
Examine the life, times, and work of W. W. Jacobs through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
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.
2 days ago · 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.
W.W. Jacobs has 645 books on Goodreads with 107765 ratings. W.W. Jacobs’s most popular book is The Monkey's Paw.
W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) British author mostly remembered for his macabre short story The Monkey's Paw. (1902) William Wymark Jacobs was born 8 September 1863 in Wapping, London, England. The eldest son of William Gage Jacobs, and his first wife, Sophia Wymark, who would die when Jacob was very young. Jacob's father was the manager of a South ...
For over a decade Jacobs was one of the most popular and prolific contributors to The Strand - here we have no fewer than 74 stories and short novels published between 1898 and 1910! For more information, see his 1905 bio from The Strand .
W. W. Jacobs, at one time an extremely popular writer of short fiction, is remembered for only one tale, “The Monkey’s Paw.” His other stories and novels are entirely forgotten.
