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W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
1863–1943
Best remembered for the chilling classic "The Monkey's Paw," this English writer also built a huge readership with witty, sharply observed tales of dockworkers, sailors, and everyday London life. His stories mix humor and unease in a way that still feels vivid more than a century later.
114 Audiobooks
The Monkey's Paw
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Old Man of the Sea
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Monkey's Paw
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Lady of the Barge and Others, Entire Collection
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection)
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Stories of W.W. Jacobs: An Index to All Volumes and Stories
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Short Cruises
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
At Sunwich Port, Complete
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Sea urchins
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Light Freights
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Odd Craft, Complete
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Self-Help
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Salthaven
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Captains All and Others
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Ghost of Jerry Bundler
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs, Charles Rock
Night Watches
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Keeping Up Appearances
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
More Cargoes
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Dialstone Lane, Complete
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Ship's Company, the Entire Collection
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A Master Of Craft
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The skipper's wooing, and The brown man's servant
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Captains All
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Well
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Toll-House
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Short Cruises
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Many Cargoes
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Three Sisters
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Striking Hard
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Bob's Redemption
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The Changing Numbers
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The Castaway
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Skilled Assistance
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Meripoikia : Merimiesjutelmia
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Vigil
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Keeping Watch
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Good Intentions
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Family Cares
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Constable's Move
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Cupboard Love
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Dirty Work
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Madness of Mr. Lister
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Lady of the Barge
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
In the Library
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Convert
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
For Better or Worse
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Guardian Angel
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Captain Rogers
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Made to Measure
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Over the Side
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The Nest Egg
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
At Sunwich Port, Part 1.
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Fairy Gold
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Fine Feathers
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The Money Box
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Understudy
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Temptation of Samuel Burge
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Laivuri on rakastunut : Merimiesjutelma
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
At Sunwich Port, Part 2.
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Peter's Pence
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Head of the Family
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Persecution of Bob Pretty
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Blundell's Improvement
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Deep Waters
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
At Sunwich Port, Part 5.
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Breaking a Spell
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Stepping Backwards
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A Tiger's Skin
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Sam's Ghost
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Husbandry
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The White Cat
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
At Sunwich Port, Part 3.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Matrimonial Openings
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Deserted
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Bequest
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Friends in Need
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Back to Back
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Three at Table
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
An Adulteration Act
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Dialstone Lane, Part 4.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Odd Man Out
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
His Other Self
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A Mixed Proposal
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Dialstone Lane, Part 1.
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Four Pigeons
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The Boatswain's Mate
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Double Dealing
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Manners Makyth Man
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Odd Charges
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Admiral Peters
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Unknown
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Shareholders
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Homeward Bound
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Watch-Dogs
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Dual Control
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A Spirit of Avarice
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Establishing Relations
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Dixon's Return
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Weaker Vessel
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A Golden Venture
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About the author
Born in London in 1863, he worked for the civil service before turning to writing full time. Much of his fiction drew on the riverfront world around the docks, and he became known for lively short stories about seamen, clerks, and working people, told with a warm comic touch.
His reputation grew through magazine publication and popular story collections, and he was widely read in the late Victorian and Edwardian years. Although he wrote many humorous pieces, he is now especially remembered for "The Monkey's Paw," a supernatural story whose quiet, unsettling power made it one of the best-known tales of horror in English.
Jacobs died in 1943. Even now, his work stands out for its clear storytelling, memorable dialogue, and the way he could shift from everyday comedy to real suspense in just a few pages.