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W(illiam) W(ymark) Jacobs | | Variant Name: |
W(illiam) W(ymark) Jacobs, W. W(ymark) Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs | | Birth Date: |
September 8, 1863 | | Death Date: |
September 1, 1943 | | Nationality: |
British, English | | Gender: |
Male |
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 Biography of W(illiam) W(ymark) Jacobs
5,428 words, approx. 18 pages
 W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 W. W. Jacobs Information
803 words, approx. 3 pages
 William Wymark Jacobs (September 8, 1863 – September 1, 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) and "The Toll House" (in the collection of short...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by John D. Cloy
11,285 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Cloy traces the beginning of Jacobs's literary career and discusses Many Cargoes as an example of the New Humor school of the 1890s.
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Critical Essay by John Wain
6,000 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, which was originally published in 1960, Wain compares the Jacobs's short fiction with the work of S. J. Perelman.
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Critical Essay by Gary Hoppenstand
5,592 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Hoppenstand examines several of Jacobs's detective stories, classifying them as British noir.
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