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A mummified monkey's paw carrying a spell receives three wishes from a family and proceeds to fulfill them in unexpected and horrible ways.
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Intimate, grave, bleak and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- W. W. Jacobs
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 43
- Publisher
- B.B.C., S. French, Hazelwood Press
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- wel, English
- ISBN
- 9780807261002
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About W. W. Jacobs · 1863–1943
William Wymark Jacobs Born in Wapping, Middlesex, England, UK
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