W.W. Jacobs

214 books

Beauty and the Barge: A Farce in Three Acts (Classic Reprint) by W.W. Jacobs

Beauty and the Barge: A Farce in Three Acts (Classic Reprint)

W.W. Jacobs

154 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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The Best Ghost Stories Ever by Bram Stoker, Christopher Krovatin, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W.W. Jacobs, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Jerome K. Jerome

The Best Ghost Stories Ever

Bram Stoker, Christopher Krovatin, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W.W. Jacobs, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Jerome K. Jerome

192 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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The Folio Book of Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Bowen, E.F. Benson, Kathryn Hughes, Penelope Fitzgerald, Vladimir Nabokov, A.M. Burrage, M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, George Mackay Brown, A.S. Byatt, R H Benson, E.G. Swain, William Fryer Harvey, David McConochie, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oliver Onions, Shirley Jackson

The Folio Book of Ghost Stories

Elizabeth Bowen, E.F. Benson, Kathryn Hughes, Penelope Fitzgerald, Vladimir Nabokov, A.M. Burrage, M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, George Mackay Brown, A.S. Byatt, R H Benson, E.G. Swain, William Fryer Harvey, David McConochie, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oliver Onions, Shirley Jackson

296 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories by L.P. Hartley, William Hope Hodgson, Marjorie Bowen, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Barham Middleton, Walter de la Mare, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #1

L.P. Hartley, William Hope Hodgson, Marjorie Bowen, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Barham Middleton, Walter de la Mare, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

256 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

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Ghosts by Jack Vance, Stephen Minot, W.W. Jacobs, Russell Kirk, Robert Aickman, Michael Swanwick, Magnus Ridolph, Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Tanith Lee, Charles G. Waugh, C.L. Moore, Parke Godwin, Edith Wharton, J.K. Potter, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Riddell, Charles L. Grant

Ghosts

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy #10

Jack Vance, Stephen Minot, W.W. Jacobs, Russell Kirk, Robert Aickman, Michael Swanwick, Magnus Ridolph, Isaac Asimov, Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Tanith Lee, Charles G. Waugh, C.L. Moore, Parke Godwin, Edith Wharton, J.K. Potter, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Riddell, Charles L. Grant

347 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

370 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror by Leo Dillon, Eric Stanley Gardner, William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, C.S. Forester, Robert Barr, M.R. James, Gilbert Highet, Algernon Blackwood, Thomas Burke, W.W. Jacobs, John Collier, Alfred Noyes, Robert Bloch, Carl Stephenson, Agatha Christie, Evelyn Waugh, Leslie Charteris, Truman Capote, Ian Fleming, John Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Diane Dillon, William Irish, Reader's Digest Association, Georges Simenon, Richard Barham Middleton, George Hitchcock, John Russell, Roald Dahl, Edgar Allan Poe, Ellery Queen, Ambrose Bierce, Stanley Ellin, Daphne du Maurier, Arthur C. Clarke, Gertrude Atherton, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, André Maurois, Shirley Jackson, Ross McDonald, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror

Leo Dillon, Eric Stanley Gardner, William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, C.S. Forester, Robert Barr, M.R. James, Gilbert Highet, Algernon Blackwood, Thomas Burke, W.W. Jacobs, John Collier, Alfred Noyes, Robert Bloch, Carl Stephenson, Agatha Christie, Evelyn Waugh, Leslie Charteris, Truman Capote, Ian Fleming, John Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Diane Dillon, William Irish, Reader's Digest Association, Georges Simenon, Richard Barham Middleton, George Hitchcock, John Russell, Roald Dahl, Edgar Allan Poe, Ellery Queen, Ambrose Bierce, Stanley Ellin, Daphne du Maurier, Arthur C. Clarke, Gertrude Atherton, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, André Maurois, Shirley Jackson, Ross McDonald, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

639 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

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Great Stories of Horror & Suspense (Literary Touchstone Classic) by Bram Stoker, Jack London, W.W. Jacobs, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Fryer Harvey, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Guy de Maupassant

Great Stories of Horror & Suspense (Literary Touchstone Classic)

Bram Stoker, Jack London, W.W. Jacobs, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Fryer Harvey, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Guy de Maupassant

200 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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Great Stories Of Suspense & Adventure by Jack London, W.W. Jacobs, Beth Johnson, Carl Stephenson, Barbara Solot, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Connell

Great Stories Of Suspense & Adventure

Jack London, W.W. Jacobs, Beth Johnson, Carl Stephenson, Barbara Solot, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Connell

182 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural by L.P. Hartley, William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, E.F. Benson, Dorothy K. Haynes, M.R. James, John A. Burke, Adrian Cole, O. Henry, Marjorie Bowen, Sabine Baring-Gould, Algernon Blackwood, Thomas Burke, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, Alfred Noyes, Hammond Innes, Robert Aickman, Washington Irving, Celia Fremlin, John Halkin, Hugh Clifford, Roger B. Pile, Amelia B. Edwards, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, D.K. Broster, Kay Leith, Roger Malisson, Charles Birkin, E. Nesbit, Mary Danby, Tom Hood, Nigel Kneale, William Fryer Harvey, Edgar Allan Poe, William Croft Dickinson, Gerald Kersh, Ambrose Bierce, Daphne du Maurier, A.J. Alan, Joyce Marsh, Davis Grubb, Pamela Hansford-Johnson, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Richard Hughes, Robert Holdstock, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

65 Great Tales of the Supernatural

L.P. Hartley, William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, E.F. Benson, Dorothy K. Haynes, M.R. James, John A. Burke, Adrian Cole, O. Henry, Marjorie Bowen, Sabine Baring-Gould, Algernon Blackwood, Thomas Burke, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, Alfred Noyes, Hammond Innes, Robert Aickman, Washington Irving, Celia Fremlin, John Halkin, Hugh Clifford, Roger B. Pile, Amelia B. Edwards, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, D.K. Broster, Kay Leith, Roger Malisson, Charles Birkin, E. Nesbit, Mary Danby, Tom Hood, Nigel Kneale, William Fryer Harvey, Edgar Allan Poe, William Croft Dickinson, Gerald Kersh, Ambrose Bierce, Daphne du Maurier, A.J. Alan, Joyce Marsh, Davis Grubb, Pamela Hansford-Johnson, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Richard Hughes, Robert Holdstock, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

704 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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