Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James
- ISBN-10
- 1623650259
- ISBN-13
- 9781623650254
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 673
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-03
- Publisher
- Jo Fletcher Books
- Author
- M.R. James
Description
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."
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- 2012-04-26
- 600 pages
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