Collected Ghost Stories M.R. James (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) - Softcover

M.R. James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840225513 ISBN 13: 9781840225518

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Collected Ghost Stories by M. R. James. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. As well as the preface, there is a fascinating tail-piece by M.R. James, Stories I Have Tried To Write , which accompanies these thirty tales. Among them are 'Casting the Runes', 'Oh, Whistle and I'll come to you, My Lad', 'The Tractate Middoth', 'The Ash Tree' and 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook'. There are some authors one wishes one had never read in order to have the joy of reading them for the first time. For me, M.R. James is one of these . Ruth Rendall

About this title

About the Author

M(ontague) R(hodes) James (1862-1936), the son of a Kent curate, enjoyed a glittering academic career, and was acknowledged as a leading authority on medieval manuscripts and biblical apocrypha. By way of diversion, over a period of time he wrote thirty four of what are acknowledged to be the best ghost stories ever written. The passing of time does not lessen their popularity or their ability to chill, and our edition of 'Collected Ghost Stories' remains the best-selling book in the series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840225513
• ISBN 13: 9781840225518
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368