Ghost Stories - Softcover

James, M. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1522824340 ISBN 13: 9781522824343

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume. Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a paleographer and medievalist scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions. His style of writing can be considered as "gothic".

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About the Author

M.R. James spent 35 years writing and editing material for Bowhunter magazine, which he founded in 1971.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1522824340
• ISBN 13: 9781522824343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84