Biografia de william wymark jacobs
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William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 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 pre
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W. W. Jacobs
English fiction writer (1863–1943)
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Portrait of Jacobs by Elliott & Fry | |
| Born | William Wymark Jacobs (1863-09-08)8 September 1863 London, England |
| Died | 1 September 1943(1943-09-01) (aged 79) Islington, London, England |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist |
| Period | 1885–1943 |
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. He is best known for his story "The Monkey's Paw".
Early life
[edit]He was born in 1863 at 5, Crombie's Row, Mile End Old Town (not Wapping, as is often stated),[1] London, to William Gage Jacobs, wharf manager, and his wife Sophia.[2] His father managed the South Devon wharf in Lower East Smithfield, by the St Katherine Docks and, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "the young Jacobs spent much time on Thames-side, growing familiar with the life of the neighbourhood" and "ran wild in Wappin