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Хотите выучить английский? Прочитайте "The Monkey's Paw", и вы поймете, что с желаниями стоит быть осторожнее! В этой книге собраны несколько рассказов Уильяма Уаймарка Джейкобса - признанного мастера коротких рассказов. Он обладал отличным чувством юмора и большой любовью к морю, что и определило тематику большинства его работ. Этот сборник, однако, содержит его работы с мистическими сюжетами, благодаря одному из которых он и стал широко известен. Небольшой рассказ "The Monkey's Paw" стал основой для множества экранизаций и вдохновил многих других писателей. Книга издана без сокращений и адаптации. Наслаждайтесь рассказами У. У. Джейкобса…

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal – a monkey's paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and waits for the door to open.

Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal - a monkey's paw. < BR> Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and waits for the door to open.

""«The Monkey's Paw»" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. It has been adapted many times in other media, including plays, films, TV series, operas, stories and comics, as early as 1903 and as recently as 2017. It was first adapted to film in 1915 as a British silent film directed by Sidney Northcote. The film (now lost) starred John Lawson who also played the main character in Louis N. Parker's 1907 stage…