The Monkey's Paw: The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2.

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs is a horror short story first published in 1902. When the White family receives a mummified monkey's paw that grants three wishes, they dismiss warnings about its terrible power. Their seemingly innocent wish sets off a chain of devastating events that test the boundaries between fate and human desire.

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