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The Monkey's Paw Study Guide

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by W. W. Jacobs
About 40 pages (11,890 words)
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Further Reading

Adcock, A.St. John. "WilliamWymarkJacobs," in his TTie Glory That Was Grub Street: Impressions of Contemporary Authors, Musson Book Company, 1928, pp. 147-57 Adcock discusses Jacobs's use of humor, horror and sentiment, and praises his stylistic control

Donaldson, Norman "W W Jacobs," in Supernatural Fiction Writers, Vol. 1, edited by E F Bleiler, Scnbner, 1985, pp. 383-87.

Donaldson writes a brief description of Jacobs's supernatural tales, including "The Monkey's Paw," which he calls Jacobs's best.

Harding, James. "The Monkey's Paw," in The Reference Guide to Short Fiction, edited by Noelle Watson, St James, 1994, p. 806.

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