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Collected ghost stories / M.R. James ; edited with an introduction and notes by Darryl Jones.

James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936 (author.). Jones, Darryl, 1967- (editor.).

Summary:

Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, James's stories draw on the terrors of the everyday. Documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199568840
ISBN: 0199568847
ISBN: 9780198797364
ISBN: 0198797362
Physical Description: xxxvi, 468 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Canon Alberic's scrap-book -- Lost hearts -- The mezzotint -- The ash-tree -- Number 13 -- Count Magnus -- "Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad" -- The treasure of Abbot Thomas -- A school story -- The rose garden -- The tractate middoth -- Casting the runes -- The stalls of Barchester Cathedral -- Martin's close -- Mr. Humphreys and his inheritance -- The residence at Whitminister -- The diary of Mr. Poynter -- An episode of cathedral history -- The story of a disappearance and an appearance -- Two doctors -- The haunted dolls' house -- The uncommon prayer-book -- A neighbour's landmark -- A view from a hill -- A warning to the curious -- An evening's entertainment -- There was a man dwelt by a churchyard -- Rats -- After dark in the playing fields -- Wailing well -- The experiment -- The malice of inanimate objects -- A vignette -- Appendix: M.R. James on ghost stories.