His Monkey Wife

john collier

Mr. Fatigay, an English schoolteacher, returns to England from the Upper Congo with Emily, a chimpanzee who resolves to educate herself and become a rival for Fatigay's hand

Genres fictionhumorbritish literatureanimalsspeculative fictionliterary fictionfantasyclassics

292 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1930

This edition

Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Published: January 10, 1985 by Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192814074
ASIN: 0192814079
Language: English

About the author

John Collier was a British-born author and screenplay writer best known for his short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s. They were collected in a 1951 volume, Fancies and Goodnights, which is still in print. Individual stories are frequently anthologized in fantasy collections. John Collier's writing has been praised by authors such as Anthony Burgess, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman and Paul Theroux. He was married to early silent film actress Shirley Palmer.