http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._W._Jacobs
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 stories The Lady of the Barge). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone. His favourite subjects were marine life: "men who go down to the sea in ships of moderate tonnage" said Punch, reviewing his first collection of stories, Many Cargoes, which achieved great popular success on its publication in 1896.
Many Cargoes was followed by the novel The Skipper's Wooing in 1897, and another collection of short stories, Sea Urchins (1898) set the seal on his popularity. Among his other titles are Captains All, Sailors' Knots, and Night Watches. The title of the last reflects the popularity of perhaps his most enduring character: the night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping, recounting the preposterous adventures of his acquaintances Ginger Dick, Balla Fo Sho, and Eric Cartman. These three characters, pockets full after a long voyage, would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds, assisted by the sailors' own fecklessness and credulity. Jacobs showed a delicacy of touch in his use of the coarse vernacular of the East End of London, which attracted the respect of such writers as P. G. Wodehouse, who mentions Jacobs in his autobiographical work Bring on the Girls (written with Guy Bolton, published 1954).
The stories which made up Many Cargoes had a varied previous serial publication, while those in Sea Urchins were, for the most part, published in Jerome K. Jerome's Idler. From October 1898 Jacobs' stories were being published in the The Strand an arrangement which lasted almost to his death, and provided him with financial security.
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評分猴爪是個令人膽寒的故事。很早就讀過,這次陪著兒子又讀瞭一遍。它的寓意大概是說,你得到什麼,都要以失去某項東西為代價。如果是這樣,大富大貴也許就不是我們需要的,我們寜願平凡一點,樸素一點。這個故事,也很有想象力。
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小時候讀瞭很多次的英文書。我很記得小學時候,有幾個經常看的故事,結局都是,街道空無一人無一物,主角一無所有無所獲。這就是其中一個。
評分看Pet Sematary順著過來的,一比較簡直是神作。簡短流暢,用詞到位,不多廢話,在最適閤的地方夏然而止。
評分看Pet Sematary順著過來的,一比較簡直是神作。簡短流暢,用詞到位,不多廢話,在最適閤的地方夏然而止。
評分小時候讀瞭很多次的英文書。我很記得小學時候,有幾個經常看的故事,結局都是,街道空無一人無一物,主角一無所有無所獲。這就是其中一個。
評分看Pet Sematary順著過來的,一比較簡直是神作。簡短流暢,用詞到位,不多廢話,在最適閤的地方夏然而止。
The Monkey's Paw and Other Stories (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips) 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載