The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre

Many people have met the story of "monkey's nails" and have been chosen about 70 times in the collection of terrorists. However, most people do not know its author WW Jacobs until the Second World War, which sold tens of thousands of World War II, his 13 short stories collection since the 1890s. Booklet His craftsmanship has been highly appreciated by authors like G.K. Chesterton and Evelyn

Jacobs mainly writes a humorous short story about humble voyage folklore, but "monkey's nail" is by no means his only terrible story. This series includes 18 stories including haunted houses, Avengers, criminal murderers, and people pretending to be supernatural.

Of course, "The Monkey's Paw" is a moral story and if you interfere with natural things, you tell you that you always pay the price. However, this is not just an objective course. Strong mourning and desperate feelings make it very memorable. Jacobs also emphasized the danger of mocking supernatural. For example, at an excellent story "toll gate", four men took a familiar stunt and lived in a ghostly house overnight. They were playing cards while drinking whiskey, and one of them was joking at the bells of his servants. After that, the man with the bell was alone in the dark, was chased by the evil footprints, was hurrying to find the stairs. "Jelly Bandler", the actor tried to mischievous a man who was afraid of ghosts by dressing up as a famous local spirit. He paid his rudeness in a way that was not rude, but the reader wanted to know what power produced a chain of tragic events.

This is a fun tale collection, Jacobs can incorporate fear into the simplest and most common context, talking about his reputation for excellent pace in his short story format, and his irony sense of humor It was. - Fiona Webster

"In this story," superstition and fear develops in the warm and comfortable real environment of the family, an illustration that you can combine everyday life and gentle humor with exotic adventures and fear. "(Monkey Foot and other strange stories and terrible stories) One of the monkey's foot themes is to pay attention to what you want, it was obvious when the first wish was built, It was done after the idea, and Caucasians did not consider possible outcomes.The result of losing hundreds of pounds is beyond their imagination.Their daughters will die their son for this little money When they did their second wish they did not even think about them, they noticed their wishes too early and emotionally By rejuvenating their sons they brought someone like a zombie who could not fix it.

Monkey's nail is a Gothic story. This story is a family of three named white. They also inherited three wishes when a white man was given magical monkey feet from Sergeant Morris. Herbert, the descendant of the family, believes that the nail is a matter of course, I believe the nail has no certainty. That day ... show more ... When he master it, he finally hopes because his son will leave again. The background of the story is intentionally ambiguous. There are several things that show the era of that setting, for example anti-mantra: "... white and anti-malaria white" This is the material used in the past to prevent paint from marking furniture and you. It is usually in a period style house. Another environment is the house itself and the road that it is. Since there are only two physically occupied houses on the road, these can be thought of as Gothic style features.