W.W. Jacobs

215 books

50 Occult & Supernatural masterpieces you have to read before you die by William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, E.F. Benson, Robert Smythe Hichens, M.R. James, W.F. Harvey, Robert W. Chambers, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Machen, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Henry James, Amelia B. Edwards, Vincent O’Sullivan, Cynthia Asquith, Nathaniel Hawthorne, E. Nesbit, Ulric Daubeny, Ambrose Bierce, Guy Preston, Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Margaret Ronan, Irvin S. Cobb, Athenaeum Classics, Franz Kafka, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Lord Dunsany

50 Occult & Supernatural masterpieces you have to read before you die

William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, E.F. Benson, Robert Smythe Hichens, M.R. James, W.F. Harvey, Robert W. Chambers, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Machen, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Henry James, Amelia B. Edwards, Vincent O’Sullivan, Cynthia Asquith, Nathaniel Hawthorne, E. Nesbit, Ulric Daubeny, Ambrose Bierce, Guy Preston, Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Margaret Ronan, Irvin S. Cobb, Athenaeum Classics, Franz Kafka, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Lord Dunsany

711 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce by Michael Newton

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce

Michael Newton

464 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, W.F. Harvey, Robert W. Chambers, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Amelia B. Edwards, Margaret Oliphant, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Rudyard Kipling, Michael Sims

The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories

Elizabeth Gaskell, W.F. Harvey, Robert W. Chambers, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Amelia B. Edwards, Margaret Oliphant, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Rudyard Kipling, Michael Sims

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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The Raven/The Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror & Suspense by O. Henry, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Saki

The Raven/The Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror & Suspense

O. Henry, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Saki

224 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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Shudders by William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, W.W. Jacobs, Gordon Johnson, Carl Jacobi, Robert Bloch, Ross R. Olney, H. Russell Wakefield, Robert G. Anderson, Frank Belknap Long, H.G. Wells

Shudders

William Hope Hodgson, Alfred McClelland Burrage, W.W. Jacobs, Gordon Johnson, Carl Jacobi, Robert Bloch, Ross R. Olney, H. Russell Wakefield, Robert G. Anderson, Frank Belknap Long, H.G. Wells

212 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

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Strange Stories of the Supernatural by W.W. Jacobs, F. Marion Crawford, Mia Tavonatti, Wilkie Collins, Richard Barham Middleton, Mary Shelley

Strange Stories of the Supernatural

W.W. Jacobs, F. Marion Crawford, Mia Tavonatti, Wilkie Collins, Richard Barham Middleton, Mary Shelley

136 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

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Strange Tales from the Strand Magazine by Grant Allen, B.L. Jacot, Henry A. Hering, Graham Greene, L.T. Meade, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, W.W. Jacobs, Julian Symons, Beverley Nichols, Walter Lionel George, Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Jack Adrian, Hugh Walpole, Harris Burland, Morley Roberts, Ianthe Jerrold, L. de Giberne Sieveking, E. Nesbit, D.H. Lawrence, F. Tennyson Jesse, Sapper, Rina Ramsay, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, L.G. Moberly, Martin Swayne, H.G. Wells, Herbert Greenhough Smith

Strange Tales from the Strand Magazine

Grant Allen, B.L. Jacot, Henry A. Hering, Graham Greene, L.T. Meade, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, W.W. Jacobs, Julian Symons, Beverley Nichols, Walter Lionel George, Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Jack Adrian, Hugh Walpole, Harris Burland, Morley Roberts, Ianthe Jerrold, L. de Giberne Sieveking, E. Nesbit, D.H. Lawrence, F. Tennyson Jesse, Sapper, Rina Ramsay, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, L.G. Moberly, Martin Swayne, H.G. Wells, Herbert Greenhough Smith

373 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

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Tales from the Dead of Night: Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories by L.P. Hartley, E.F. Benson, M.R. James, W.F. Harvey, Chico Kidd, W.W. Jacobs, Cecily Gayford, Hugh Walpole, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, Ruth Rendell

Tales from the Dead of Night: Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories

L.P. Hartley, E.F. Benson, M.R. James, W.F. Harvey, Chico Kidd, W.W. Jacobs, Cecily Gayford, Hugh Walpole, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, Ruth Rendell

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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The Three Sisters by W.W. Jacobs

The Three Sisters

W.W. Jacobs

34 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology by Rosa Mulholland, Elizabeth Gaskell, Barry Pain, Perceval Landon, F.G. Loring, M.R. James, Rhoda Broughton, Algernon Blackwood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mrs. Molesworth, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, George MacDonald, J.Y. Akerman, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Robert Stephen Hawker, Henry James, Thomas Street Millington, Amelia B. Edwards, Wilkie Collins, Robert Hugh Benson, Mrs. Henry Wood, E. Nesbit, Tom Hood, R.A. Gilbert, Michael Cox, B.M. Croker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Rudyard Kipling, Jerome K. Jerome, Charlotte Riddell, Bernard Capes, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology

Rosa Mulholland, Elizabeth Gaskell, Barry Pain, Perceval Landon, F.G. Loring, M.R. James, Rhoda Broughton, Algernon Blackwood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mrs. Molesworth, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, George MacDonald, J.Y. Akerman, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Robert Stephen Hawker, Henry James, Thomas Street Millington, Amelia B. Edwards, Wilkie Collins, Robert Hugh Benson, Mrs. Henry Wood, E. Nesbit, Tom Hood, R.A. Gilbert, Michael Cox, B.M. Croker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Rudyard Kipling, Jerome K. Jerome, Charlotte Riddell, Bernard Capes, J. Sheridan Le Fanu

492 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

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