{"product_id":"the-monkeys-paw-heathen-short-paperback","title":"The Monkey's Paw (Heathen Short) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Wymark Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Wymark Jacobs\u003c\/strong\u003e (1863-1943) was an English author best known for his 1902 story \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Monkey's Paw\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" first published in \u003cem\u003eHarper's Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, then collecte\u003cem\u003ed in his The Lady of the Barge\u003c\/em\u003e that same year. A humorist by trade, Jacobs here delivers something far darker: a parable of wishcraft and consequence, so lean it feels chiseled, and as compact as it is catastrophic. In a rain-slick English parlor, a cursed talisman changes hands - from soldier to family, from caution to curiosity. What begins as maternal grief abruptly curdles into spiritual trespass, and the price is steep. The paw grants three wishes, yes, but each one is a rung down the ladder to ruin. The warning is clear: the paw does not punish, it fulfills - and in that fulfillment lies the profane undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524023652491,"sku":"9798900750033","price":19.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/9hY28DfvxP9798900750033.webp?v=1790182234","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-monkeys-paw-heathen-short-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}