About W W Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs is known especially for his sea stories. His familiarity with the wharves and the people who frequented them gave him material for these stories. He was also known for some of his short ghost tales and stories of mystery and the macabre, such as the "Monkey's Paw".
Novels
The Skipper's Wooing (1897)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
Odd Craft (1903)
A Master of Craft (1903)
Dialstone Lane (1904)
Captains All (1905)
Salthaven (1908)
Salthouse (1908)
Ship's Company (1911)
Castaways (1916)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
Odd Craft (1903)
A Master of Craft (1903)
Dialstone Lane (1904)
Captains All (1905)
Salthaven (1908)
Salthouse (1908)
Ship's Company (1911)
Castaways (1916)
Omnibus
Collections
Many Cargoes (1897)
Sea Urchins (1898)
aka More Cargoes
Light Freights (1901)
The Lady of the Barge (1902)
Short Cruises (1907)
Sailor's Knots (1909)
Night Watches (1914)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)
Snug Harbour (1931)
The Night-Watchman: And Other Longshoreman (1932)
Selected Short Stories (1959)
The Monkey's Paw: And Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre (1982)
W. W. Jacobs' Uncollected Cargoes: The Lost Early Periodical Appearances (1996)
Captains All and Others (2004)
The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories (2004)
Sea Urchins (1898)
aka More Cargoes
Light Freights (1901)
The Lady of the Barge (1902)
Short Cruises (1907)
Sailor's Knots (1909)
Night Watches (1914)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)
Snug Harbour (1931)
The Night-Watchman: And Other Longshoreman (1932)
Selected Short Stories (1959)
The Monkey's Paw: And Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre (1982)
W. W. Jacobs' Uncollected Cargoes: The Lost Early Periodical Appearances (1996)
Captains All and Others (2004)
The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories (2004)
Anthologies containing stories by W W Jacobs
A Century of Humour (1925)
A Second Round of Tales (1926)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen (1934)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 3rd Series (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen and Illustrated by Edward Gorey (1959)
The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1966)
The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales (1967)
The 5th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1969)
The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1970)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
A Little Night Reading (1974)
Open at Your Own Risk (1975)
The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The 12th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1979)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (1983)
Black Water (1984)
Stories of Crime and Detection 2nd Series (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume Two (1989)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Great Ghost Stories (1998)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
A Second Round of Tales (1926)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen (1934)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 3rd Series (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen and Illustrated by Edward Gorey (1959)
The 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1966)
The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales (1967)
The 5th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1969)
The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1970)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
A Little Night Reading (1974)
Open at Your Own Risk (1975)
The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The 12th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1979)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (1983)
Black Water (1984)
Stories of Crime and Detection 2nd Series (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume Two (1989)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Great Ghost Stories (1998)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
Short stories
| The Brown Man's Servant (1896) | |||
| Jerry Bundler (1897) | |||
| Over the Side (1897) | |||
| Brevet Rank (1901) | |||
| The Bully of the 'Cavendish' (1901) | |||
| Captain Rogers (1901) | |||
| False Colours (1901) | |||
| A Garden Plot (1901) | |||
| Hard Labour (1901) | |||
| A Marked Man (1901) | |||
| An Odd Freak (1901) | |||
| The Peacemaker (1901) | |||
| Private Clothes (1901) | |||
| A Question of Habit (1901) | |||
| The Resurrection of Mr Wiggett (1901) | |||
| Sam's Boy (1901) | |||
| To Have and to Hold (1901) | |||
| Twin Spirits (1901) | |||
| A Will and a Way (1901) | |||
| An Adulteration Act (1902) | |||
| Bill's Paper Chase (1902) | |||
| Cupboard Love (1902) | |||
| A Golden Venture (1902) | |||
| In the Library (1902) | |||
| The Lady of the Barge [short story] (1902) | |||
| A Mixed Proposal (1902) | |||
| The Monkey's Paw [short story] (1902) | |||
| Three at Table (1902) | |||
| A Tiger's Skin (1902) | |||
| The Well (1902) | |||
| Bill's Lapse (1903) | |||
| The Money Box (1903) | |||
| Odd Charges (1903) | |||
| The Boatswain's Mate (1905) | |||
| Four Pigeons (1905) | |||
| In the Family (1907) | |||
| Mixed Relations (1907) | |||
| Deserted (1909) | |||
| Double Dealing (1909) | |||
| Head of the Family (1909) | |||
| Homeward Bound (1909) | |||
| Keeping Up Appearances (1909) | |||
| Matrimonial Openings (1909) | |||
| Odd Man Out (1909) | |||
| Peter's Pence (1909) | |||
| Prize Money (1909) | |||
| Self Help (1909) | |||
| Sentence Deferred (1909) | |||
| The Toll House (1909) | |||
| Fine Feathers (1911) | |||
| The Guardian Angel (1911) | |||
| Back to Back (1914) | |||
| Easy Money (1914) | |||
| His Other Self (1914) | |||
| Keeping Watch (1914) | |||
| Stepping Backwards (1914) | |||
| The Three Sisters (1914) | |||
| The Understudy (1914) | |||
| The Unknown (1914) | |||
| The Vigil (1914) | |||
| The Weaker Vessel (1914) | |||
| Shareholders (1919) | |||
| Bedridden (1922) | |||
| The Convert (1922) | |||
| Dirty Work (1922) | |||
| Family Cares (1922) | |||
| His Brother's Keeper (1922) | |||
| Husbandry (1922) | |||
| Made to Measure (1922) | |||
| Paying Off (1922) | |||
| Sam's Ghost (1922) | |||
| Striking Hard (1922) | |||
| The Substitute (1922) | |||
| The Winter Offensive (1922) | |||
| The Interruption (1925) | |||
| Artful Cards (1926) | |||
| Bed Cases | |||
| The Castaway | |||
| The Dreamer | |||
| In Borrowed Plumes | |||
| In Mid-Atlantic | |||
| Kitchen Company | |||
| The Lost Ship |
Books about W W Jacobs
Pensive Jester: Literary Career of W.W. Jacobs (1996) by John D Cloy
W.W. Jacobs: A Biography (1999) by Anthony James
W.W. Jacobs: A Biography (1999) by Anthony James
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