猴爪 The Monkeys Paw (第1/28頁)
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W.雅各布斯
W.W.Jacobs
W.W.雅各布斯(W.W.Jacobs,1863—1943),英國小說家,生於倫敦,畢業於伯克拜克大學。他是一個多產的小說家,寫過大量的諷刺小說和恐怖小說。其中最著名的恐怖小說是《猴爪》(1901),曾被多次改編為電影和劇本,斯蒂芬·金的小說《寵物公墓》深受其影響。
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