TWIN SPIRITS. The Complete Weird Fiction of W.W. Jacobs. Edited by S.T. Joshi
New York: Hippocampus Press, 2018. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). 294 pp. Issued as a volume in the publisher's "Classics of Gothic Horror" series. "First Edition" and correct number code on copyright page, but the "Lightning Source" colophon on the terminal leaf identifies this as a print-on-demand paperback. A fine copy. Item #314597
¶ This volume contains the ghostly tales of the British writer W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943), best known for the immortal classic “The Monkey’s Paw.” But Jacobs wrote many other weird tales throughout the course of his life, many of them set on the high seas. Jacobs was best known in his time as a comic writer, and he fuses humor and weirdness with a deft touch. This volume is the first to include Jacobs’s complete weird writing—and also includes two dramatic adaptations of his stories as well as Louis N. Parker’s celebrated dramatization of “The Monkey’s Paw.”
Table of Contents:
Introduction, by S. T. Joshi
A Strange Compact
The Lost Ship
In Mid-Atlantic
The Rival Beauties
The Brown Man’s Servant
Over the Side
Jerry Bundler
Three at Table
The Well
Twin Spirits
Captain Rogers
In the Library
The Monkey’s Paw
The Castaway
The Toll-House
The Vigil
The Three Sisters
Sam’s Ghost
His Brother’s Keeper
The Interruption
Appendix:
The Ghost of Jerry Bundler (with Charles Rock)
In the Library (with Herbert C. Sargent)
The Monkey’s Paw: A Story in Three Scenes (by W. W. Jacobs, dramatized by Louis N. Parker)
Bibliography.
Price (CAD): $30.00