A brilliant linguist and mediaevilist and the author of several volumes of distinguished ghost stories.
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.
Illustrated by award-winning artist Les Edwards and featuring an extensive historical Afterword by editor Stephen Jones, this is the ultimate collection for fans of M.R. James and the classic British ghost story.
Rosemary Pardoe and Jane Nicholls , “ The Black Pilgrimage , ” Ghosts & Scholars No. 26 ( 1998 ) : 48–54 . Rpt . in PT 601-8 . Richard Ward , “ In Search of the Dread Ancestor : M. R. James's ' Count Magnus ' and Lovecraft's The Case of ...
This edition presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story.
From James's introduction to Collins, Ghosts and Marvels; Lubbock, Memoir of Montague Rhodes 40. James, 98. King's/MRJ/X/1/3 (pp. 8–9). 99. ... installment of Dickens's Pickwick Papers], but I turned out as bad as our friend Smith.
The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James
One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal gothic trappings of his predecessors, and replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James by M. R. James - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of M. R. James’.
Ghost Stories of M. R. James By Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) With four illustrations by James McBryde (?-1904), and five by Simon Vedder (1866-1937) The contents of this book were first published 1898 1936.
Collection of stories by Montague Rhodes James, a noted medieval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge and of Eton College. He is best remembered today for his ghost stories in the classic Victorian Yuletide vein.