Collected Ghost Stories is a classic collection of ghost stories by M.R. James. Argued to be the inspiration behind ghost/horror stories as we know them. As a slight warning, if you go into this book expecting to be scared then you are likely to be disappointed. What did jump out at me was the beauty of M.R. James’ writing/5(). · These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb. This edition presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James's background and his mastery of the Brand: Wordsworth Editions, Limited. This book adds three stories written late in James' life to the previous Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James, which was his complete volume that he produced during his lifetime and which is available as a modern paperback. The new stories are as follows: The Experiment, The Malice of /5().
These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb. This edition presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating. The first complete book of M. R. James' ghost stories to be published was the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, printed in by Edward Arnold of London. Proving extremely popular, the collection was followed by the publication of three further volumes: More Ghost Stories (), A Thin Ghost and Others (), and A Warning to the. M. R. James was a master of his craft so his ghost stories have influenced many authors and filmmakers. Each of his short stories evokes the most vivid images even though James tends to limit his descriptions, allowing the imagination of the reader to run wild.
Author. James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), Title. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. Contents. Canon Alberic's scrap-book -- Lost hearts -- The mezzotint -- The ash-tree -- Number 13 -- Count Magnus -- 'Oh whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad' -- The treasure of Abbot Thomas. Language. English. Collected Ghost Stories. (OWC Hardback) M. R. James. Edited by Darryl Jones. Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Description. "I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mold, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own " Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is an omnibus collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James ', published in , bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published).
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