Ebook {Epub PDF} Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Hardcover – June 1, by. M R James (Author) › Visit Amazon's M R James Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. M R James (Author) out of 5 stars. 98 ratings/5(98). 14 rows ·  · James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), Title: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Contents: Cited by: Verified Purchase. While probably not interesting to many fans of modern horror stories, "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" is an appealing example of late Victorian horror fiction. These stories aren't excessively gruesome like so much of today's horror writing but build tension based on our fear of /5().

To conclude, this Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James is a handsome edition which is bound to please loyal fans and readers new to this master of the supernatural tale. Read more. 21 people found this helpful. Helpful. Report abuse. Kindle Customer. out of 5 stars Old fashioned ghost stories. Admired by writers from H.P. Lovecraft to Ruth Rendell, M.R. James is the acknowledged master of the English ghost story. Disdaining gore in favour of atmosphere and suggestion, his enduring supernatural tales are masterpieces of understated horror. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 1 collects graphic retellings of four spine-chilling. Title: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. Author: M. R. James. Release Date: J [eBook #] [Most recently updated: Decem] Language: English. Character set encoding: UTF Produced by: Suzanne Shell, Thomas Berger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GHOST STORIES OF AN.

Verified Purchase. While probably not interesting to many fans of modern horror stories, "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" is an appealing example of late Victorian horror fiction. These stories aren't excessively gruesome like so much of today's horror writing but build tension based on our fear of the unknown. This classic collects the earliest ghost stories of author M.R. James. While not gruesome by any means, these classic tales of apparitions and other supernatural horrors remain chilling to this day. Features "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,'" and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas.". Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James, published in (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (), combined in one volume. It was his first short story collection.