title: The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre
author:  W.W. Jacobs 
description: Many people have encountered the story "The Monkey's Paw," anthologized nearly 70 times in horror collections alone. Most do not know, however, that its author, W.W. Jacobs, was an immensely popular writer from the 1890s through the Second World War, selling many tens of thousands of copies of his 13 short story collections. His craftsmanship was admired by such authors as <a href="/exec/obidos/author=Chesterton%2c%20G.K./${0}"> G.K. Chesterton</a> and <a href="/exec/obidos/author=Waugh%2c%20Evelyn/${0}"> Evelyn Waugh</a>.
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  Title: The Monkey's Paw  
  The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2.  
    
  Author: W.W. Jacobs  
    
  Release Date: April 22, 2004 [EBook #12122]  
    
  Language: English  
    
    
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  # THE LADY OF THE BARGE  
  
  
    
  
  
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  ## By W. W. Jacobs
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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