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Book Ghost stories of an Antiquary

Download or read book Ghost stories of an Antiquary written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary  Vol  1

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Vol 1 written by M. R. James and published by SelfMadeHero. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 2: [A collection of] "four uncanny tales by the renowned medievalist and writer. At once true to their source and powerfully reimagined for a visual medium, Leah Moore and John Reppion's subtly crafted adaptations give a new lease of life to these classic stories of watchful guardians, architectural puzzles and ill-advised academic exploration." -- Back cover.

Book More Ghost Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. R. James
  • Publisher : The Floating Press
  • Release : 2012-06-01
  • ISBN : 1775457214
  • Pages : 141 pages

Download or read book More Ghost Stories written by M. R. James and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Montague Rhodes James was a medieval scholar by training, and he was interested in the oral storytelling tradition that prevailed before the printed word took hold and gained worldwide popularity. His ghost stories were written to be read aloud in a group setting, but even if you dare to read them all alone, you'll appreciate their subtlety, elegance and slow building of suspense.

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary  Vol  2

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Vol 2 written by M. R. James and published by SelfMadeHero. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 2: [A collection of] "four uncanny tales by the renowned medievalist and writer. At once true to their source and powerfully reimagined for a visual medium, Leah Moore and John Reppion's subtly crafted adaptations give a new lease of life to these classic stories of watchful guardians, architectural puzzles and ill-advised academic exploration." -- Back cover.

Book The Haunted Dolls  House  Fantasy and Horror Classics

Download or read book The Haunted Dolls House Fantasy and Horror Classics written by M. R. James and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by Montague Rhodes James and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight stories of the supernatural are accompanied by the original illustrations, published in the 1904 edition

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. R. James
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-04-12
  • ISBN : 9781532711022
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by M. R. James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.

Book Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories

Download or read book Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories written by M. R. James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-10-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as “Count Magnus,” set in the wilds of Sweden; “Number 13,” a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; “Casting the Runes,” a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including “A Night in King’s College Chapel,” James’s first known ghost story. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Book The Collected Ghost Stories

Download or read book The Collected Ghost Stories written by M. R. James and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Collected Ghost Stories" by M. R. James. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Book Canon Alberic s Scrapbook  Fantasy and Horror Classics

Download or read book Canon Alberic s Scrapbook Fantasy and Horror Classics written by M. R. James and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

    Book Details:
  • Author : Montague Rhodes James
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-01-24
  • ISBN : 9781660038251
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume.Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.

Book Number 13  Fantasy and Horror Classics

Download or read book Number 13 Fantasy and Horror Classics written by M. R. James and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by Montague Rhodes James and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. R. James (1862 - 1936) was a writer and British medieval scholar. His well-known classic ghost stories have a Victorian Christmas theme. Although James is best known for his ghost stories he produced many excellent scholarly works. He is also credited with cataloging libraries at Oxford and Cambridge. Stories in this collection include "The Ash Tree," "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 of Abbot Thomas."

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Illustrated

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Illustrated written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume

Book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Download or read book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by M R James and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagnères-de-Luchon. It was the site of a bishopric until the Revolution, and has a cathedral which is visited by a certain number of tourists. In the spring of 1883 an Englishman arrived at this old-world place-I can hardly dignify it with the name of city, for there are not a thousand inhabitants. He was a Cambridge man, who had come specially from Toulouse to see St Bertrand's Church, and had left two friends, who were less keen archaeologists than himself, in their hotel at Toulouse, under promise to join him on the following morning. Half an hour at the church would satisfy them, and all three could then pursue their journey in the direction of Auch. But our Englishman had come early on the day in question, and proposed to himself to fill a note-book and to use several dozens of plates in the process of describing and photographing every corner of the wonderful church that dominates the little hill of Comminges. In order to carry out this design satisfactorily, it was necessary to monopolize the verger of the church for the day. The verger or sacristan (I prefer the latter appellation, inaccurate as it may be) was accordingly sent for by the somewhat brusque lady who keeps the inn of the Chapeau Rouge; and when he came, the Englishman found him an unexpectedly interesting object of study. It was not in the personal appearance of the little, dry, wizened old man that the interest lay, for he was precisely like dozens of other church-guardians in France, but in a curious furtive or rather hunted and oppressed air which he had. He was perpetually half glancing behind him; the muscles of his back and shoulders seemed to be hunched in a continual nervous contraction, as if he were expecting every moment to find himself in the clutch of an enemy. The Englishman hardly knew whether to put him down as a man haunted by a fixed delusion, or as one oppressed by a guilty conscience, or as an unbearably henpecked husband. The probabilities, when reckoned up, certainly pointed to the last idea; but, still, the impression conveyed was that of a more formidable persecutor even than a termagant wife.

Book More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Download or read book More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary written by Montague Rhodes James and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up volume to "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" collects seven more of Montague Rhodes James's classic horror stories, including "A School Story," "The Rose Garden," "Casting the Runes," and "Martin's Close."