Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

James, M. R.

ISBN 10: 0199538573 / ISBN 13: 9780199538577

Published by OUP Oxford, 2009

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199538573
• ISBN 13: 9780199538577
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 280 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This selection of twenty-one short stories by M.R. James--a first-class writer of supernatural fiction--represents his best work, including "Count Magnus," "The Rose Garden," "The Uncommon Prayer-book," "Rats," "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," and "A Vignette," as well as the title story.

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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 Cox is a senior commissioning editor with Oxford University Press.