W. W. Jacobs has 7 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 11 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.8★ across 25 ratings. The most-rated is Stories by Heart.
Stories by Heart
Summary
What if a world-famous actor came to your home to read you a bedtime story? In the case of John Lithgow, he’d be reading you selections from his own cherished childhood volume of Tellers of Tales, a famous collection of 100 short stories from all over the world. In the Lithgow household, bedtime stories from this anthology were read aloud to John and his siblings by their father, Arthur Lithgow. It is only fitting then that towards the end of his father’s life, Lithgow read these same stories back to his father, tapping into the power of art to comfort, heal, and transcend. These stories and remembrances form the basis of Lithgow’s most recent Broadway production, Stories by Heart, with each act anchored by dramatic readings of The Haircut by Ring Lardner and Uncle Fred Flits By by P. G. Wodehouse. In this Audible Original, you will also hear Lithgow narrate a third tale from the anthology, The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs. Stories by Heart is a stunning tribute to a father from a son, performed by a Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe award-winning actor, and now it is available to you, only from Audible. Please note: "Haircut" by Ring Lardner is included by kind permission of the Estate of Ring Lardner. "Uncle Fred Flits" By by P. G. Wodehouse is included by kind permission of the Estate of P. G. Wodehouse and taken from his collection of short stories, Young Men in Spats (1936).
©2018 John Lithgow (P)2018 AO Media, LLC.
The Monkey's Paw
Summary
When Sergeant Major Morris brings a mummified monkey’s paw to the White family, they embrace it as a morbid curiosity. When they learn that an old Fakir has enchanted the paw, they continue to treat the thing lightly. But the workings of the paw, once set in motion, cannot be undone, no matter what they try.
Public Domain (P)2007 B.J. Harrison
The Monkey's Paw
Summary
"The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs first published in England in 1902. Three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.
Public Domain (P)2014 Mike Vendetti
The Great British Short Story Collection
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A gripping collection of over 50 of the greatest short stories written by great British writers. 1. "The Missing Years" by Barry Pain 2. "His Brother's Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs 3. "A Madman's Manuscript" by Charles Dickens 4. "The House of Cobwebs" by Barry Pain 5. "Old Fags" by Stacy Aumonier 6. "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy 7. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey 8. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey 9. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain 10. "An Undergraduate's Aunt" by F. Anstey 11. "An Idyll of London" by Beatrice Harraden 12. "Hot Potatoes" by Arnold Bennett 13. "Bagnell Terrace" by E. F. Benson 14. "Malachi's Cove" by Anthony Trollope 15. "Moon's Gibbet" by Egerton Castle 16. "The Dancing Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome 17. "The Giraffe Problem" by Barry Pain 18. "The Man who was Blind" by Edwin Pugh 19. "The Perfect Murcer" by Stacy Aumonier 20. "The Other Side" by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock 21. "The Roman Road" by Kenneth Grahame 22. "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson 23. "The Dead Hand" by Wilkie Collins 24. "The Wind in the Portico" by John Buchan 25. "The Smile of La Gioconda" by Morley Roberts 26. "The Room" by Stacy Aumonier 27. "The Octave of Jealousy" by Stacy Aumonier 28. "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling 29. "The Salt of the Earth" by Barry Pain 30. "The Diary of Mr. Poynter" by M. R. James ....and over 20 more exciting stories.
Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks
Smoked Skipper
Summary
When Ralph, the new cabin boy joins the schooner ship Susan-Jane, which is carrying a cargo of gunpowder, he finds to his surprise that he has not signed up for a life as a swashbuckling pirate. Instead of romance and adventure, he finds himself having to scrub decks and wash dishes. Worse still, any subordinance is punished harshly by the crew and the skipper. Ralph decides to take his revenge on the Skipper and his crew, and devises an ingenious plan...
©1907 Public Domain (P)2013 Red Door Audiobooks
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Cuentos de Terror [Terror by Night]
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El miedo es una de las sensaciones más intensas que puede sentir el hombre. Desde las épocas más remotas, las historias de terror le permitieron poner bajo control sus emociones más profundas. Situaciones que sobrepasan las leyes naturales, fenómenos desconocidos, fuerzas ocultas, seres imaginarios o reales, pero siempre enigmáticos, siempre monstruosos. Porque la incertidumbre es atractiva, el relato de horror genera nuevos sentimientos, y devela luces allí donde sólo habitan las sombras. Cuatro obras maestras del género se dan cita y, de la mano del extraño bibliotecario, desenredan la madeja de lo incomprensible, lo ajeno a la vida cotidiana. “La Pata de Mono” de W.W. Jacobs, descubre, a través de un talismán, el peligro de jugar con el destino. “El Horla” de Guy de Maruppassant, nos invita a un paseo por las praderas de la locura y la muerte. “El Usurpador de Cadáveres”, de Robert Louis Stevenson, devela el costado más aterrador de la muerte. “Al otro lado de la pared” de Ambrose Bierce, atraviesa los muros de la realidad para entrar en contacto con los misterios del espíritu.La alta calidad de los efectos de sonido, la soberbia musicalización y las magníficas actuaciones son el motivo necesario para dejarse llevar por el sentimiento primigenio e insertarse de lleno en las Historias de Terror. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2013 Mediatek S.A (P)2013 Mediatek S.A
Stories to Tell in the Dark
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A creepy collection of 50 classic ghost, horror and mystery stories which will keep you up all night. 1. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs 2. "This Is All" by Barry Pain 3. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F .Harvey 4. "The Reticence of Lady Anne" by Saki 5. "The End of a Show" by Barry Pain 6. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey 7. "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson 8. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey 9. "The Idiot" by Arnold Bennett 10. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe 11. "The Bath Chair" by E. F. Benson 12. "The Mezzotint" by M. R. James 13. "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe 14. "The Thing in the Hall" by E. F. Benson 15. "Fingers of a Hand" by H. D. Everett 16. "Moon’s Gibbet" by Egerton Castle 17. "The Magnet" by Barry Pain 18. "The Horror Horn" by E. F. Benson 19. "A Very Black Business" by Ernest Bramah 20. "The Mysterious Card and the Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett 21. "Outside the Door" by E. F. Benson 22. "Query" by Seamark 23. "My Adventure at Chislehurst" by A. J. Alan 24. "The Dancing Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome 25. "Afterward" by Edith Wharton 26. "Caterpillars" by E. F. Banson 27. "The Severed Hand" by Wilhelm Hauff 28. "The Hair" by A. J. Alan 29. "A Witch in the Peak" by R. Murray Gilchrist 30. "The Haunted Dolls House" by M. R. James ...and 20 more terrifying tales.
Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks