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Casting the Runes (Fantasy and Horror Classics) - Softcover

James, M. R.

 
9781447405276: Casting the Runes (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1447405277 ISBN 13: 9781447405276
Publisher: Read Books, 2011

Synopsis

M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. 'Casting the Runes' is one of his most famous tales, and was adapted into a film in 1958. Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Review

"A must read for the true-blue aficionado.... James is best known now for his supernatural stories, regarded by many as being among the best ever written."--Library Journal "A must read for the true-blue aficionado.... James is best known now for his supernatural stories, regarded by many as being among the best ever written."--Library Journal "A must read for the true-blue aficionado.... James is best known now for his supernatural stories, regarded by many as being among the best ever written."--Library Journal "A must read for the true-blue aficionado.... James is best known now for his supernatural stories, regarded by many as being among the best ever written."--Library Journal

About the Author

M.R. James was one of the most accomplished scholars of his generation, a brilliant, internationally known authority on early Christian manuscripts. He was in turn a Fellow, Dean, and Provost of Kings College, Cambridge, and then finally the Provost of Eton, where he died a much-loved and revered figure in 1936. Michael Chabon is the author of Wonder Boys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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Publisher
Read Books
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1447405277
ISBN 13 
9781447405276
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
42

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780195151176: Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories: 21 (Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers)

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ISBN 10:  0195151178 ISBN 13:  9780195151176
Publisher: OUP USA, 2002
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