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M. R. James
This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the Penguin Popular Classics series. It contains a collection of ghost stories.
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M R James
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices. Originally released as…
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Montague Rhodes James
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This handsome collection brings together the classic short fiction of M.R. James, one of the most acclaimed ghost story writers of all time who influenced the likes of Stephen King…
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The second in a series of republished classic literature, The Ghost Stories of M. R. James collects the tales that best illustrate his quiet mastery of the ghost story form.
This handsome jacketed hardback brings together the classic short fiction of M.R. James, one of the most acclaimed ghost story writers of all time.
Set among dark cathedrals, remote inns…
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is the title of M. R. James’ omnibus collection of ghost stories, published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his…
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The much-loved author Montague Rhodes James is best known today for his ghost stories. Their popularity has kept them in print since the first collection was issued in 1931, and…
"Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell examines heretical elements in Durrell's thought and writings and Foucauldian explorations of his treatments of place and space. It links Lawrence Durrell's…
Patrick J. Murphy (Associate Professor of English, Miami University)
Examines the ghost stories of writer and academic Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936). Focuses on the intersection between his scholarly work and his fiction, arguing that his two careers are intriguingly…
Collected Ghost Stories by M R James is a collection of twenty-two ghost stories, plus a fascinating essay on the writing of ghost stories. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a…
M R James (King's College, Cambridge (Emeritus))
This collection is a series of stories not found in the Bible, but found in other works James translated.
If you read the title-page of this book you will see that it contains stories taken out of some of the less-known apocryphal books of the Old Testament. You will…
This collection brings together 22 short stories of M. R. James, from the dark fantasies of malevolent spirits and supernatural vengeance, to his lighter children’s fantasy, The Five Jars. Stories…
M R James, E G Swain
"If there is anything about which the present generation is bewilderingly well-informed it is the subject of spooks." - "Seraphita"
Friends and Spectres is a companion volume to Ghosts of…
Howard P Lovecraft,Montague R James
With these fifteen tales of terror in Eldritch & Antiquary, Zachary Von Houser brings together a curated selection of stories that epitomize the style and variety of two masters of…
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…
A Bible history, reaching, from Adam to the death of Saul, to which the name of the great Jewish philosopher of the first century, Philo, has been attached to it…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This charming fantasy story for children is by the famous writer of ghost stories, M. R. James. The author of a letter reveals how he finds five mysterious jars, hidden…
Also includes the classic M.R. James tales, Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook, Lost Hearts, The Mezzotint, Number 13, Count Magnus, ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’, and The Treasure…
Old Testament Legends By M. R. James Description *
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books…
Also includes A School Story, The Rose Garden, The Tractate Middoth, Casting the Runes, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, Martin’s Close, and Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance.
Includes A School Story, The Rose Garden, The Tractate Middoth, Casting the Runes, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, Martin’s Close and Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance.
