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Author : M. R. James
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387317855
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Author : M. R. James
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547110194
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Collected Ghost Stories" by M. R. James. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271079592
Montague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all time—classics such as “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” that have been adapted many times over for radio and television and have never gone out of print. But while James is best known as a fiction writer and storyteller, he was also a provost of King’s College, Cambridge, and Eton College, and a legendary and influential scholar whose pioneering work in the study of biblical texts and medieval manuscripts, art, and architecture is still relevant today. In Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Patrick J. Murphy argues that these twin careers are inextricably linked. James’s research not only informed his fiction but also reflected his anxieties about the nature of academic life and explored the delicate divide between professional, university men and erratic hobbyists or antiquaries. Murphy shows how detailed attention to the scholarly inspirations behind James’s fiction provides considerable insight into a formative moment in medieval studies, as well as into James’s methods as a master stylist of understated horror. During his life, James often claimed that his stories were mere entertainments—pleasing distractions from a life largely defined by academic discipline and restraint—and readers over the years have been content to take him at his word. This intriguing volume, however, convincingly proves otherwise.
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473379244
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) – until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143039393
The only annotated edition of M. R. James’s writings currently available Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James’s ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as “Count Magnus,” set in the wilds of Sweden; “Number 13,” a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; “Casting the Runes,” a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including “A Night in King’s College Chapel,” James’s first known ghost story. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143039396
The only annotated edition of M. R. James’s writings currently available Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James’s ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as “Count Magnus,” set in the wilds of Sweden; “Number 13,” a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; “Casting the Runes,” a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including “A Night in King’s College Chapel,” James’s first known ghost story. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : M.R. James
Publisher : Jo Fletcher Books
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623650254
Montague Rhodes James--M. R. James--was an English academic and provost of King's College and Eton. He started writing ghost stories to entertain his friends. . . one hundred and fifty years after his birth he is now revered as the father of the modern English ghost story. This gorgeous hardback collection contains all thirty-five of M.R. James's highly acclaimed ghost stories, including the classics: "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" and "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook."
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473379190
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) – until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241341636
In these stories James continues his transformation of the ghost story from its nineteenth century heritage. Drawing upon his deep knowledge of medieval history, biblical curiosa, and the hidden and mysterious corners of the English countryside, James fashioned stories that, while drawing upon the ancient past, exhibit horrors that are all too balefully active in the present. The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473379176
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) – until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.
Author : Montague Rhodes James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Ghost stories, English
ISBN : 185958134X
Author : M.R. James
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
H.P. Lovecraft introduces this fine collection of six of M.R. James’s classic ghost stories. Included are: The Haunted Doll’s House The Uncommon Prayer-Book A Neighbour’s Landmark A View from a Hill A Warning to the Curious An Evening’s Entertainment
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447499893
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. Originally published in 1904, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to you, My Lad' ranks amongst his best and most underrated tales. Many of the earliest ghost stories and tales of hauntings, 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.
Author : Montague Rhodes James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:246509951
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Number 13 by M. R. James is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his first collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Plot summary While researching church history in Viborg, Denmark, in particular the events of the reformation, the narrator's cousin stays in a local inn, opting to stay in room Number 12. Once in his room, he notices that the space seems to grow smaller and his furniture sometimes vanishes. He hears dancing in the room next door, which he notices from its door marking is Number 13, however upon discussing the matter with the inn-keep, he learns that there is no such room number in the building, as it is considered bad luck. The narrator asks the inn-keep to visit his room at night. While talking, the protagonist and the inn-keep hear ominous singing in the room next door. They check Number 14, but learn that its occupant thought it was them. They then discover the door to Number 13 which the narrator had seen earlier. A clawed hand attacks them, and they attempt to break down the door but break through the plaster wall. The occupants of 12 and 14 spend the night in a double bedded room. The narrator meets his cousin a few months later, and relates the tale to him.