M.R. James / Montague Rhodes James

• Nov-2024
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"Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M.R. James" -- Times. Special Collector's edition of the old master of the supernatural story, by the current one!Special, collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in p...

• Dec-2019
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• Apr-2018
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A high-pitched laugh echoes in an empty church. Servants discover their master dead in his bed, the only sign of disturbance an open window. The coffin of a woman hanged as a witch is found to be empty. A bed that hasn't been slept in is crumpled and...

• Oct-2014
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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 r...

• Oct-2014
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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 r...

• Oct-2014
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While engrossed in an ancient account of the sinister death of a student obsessed with his own hair, a man leans down to absently pet his dog -- oblivious of the true nature of the creature crouching beside him. Seth's newly illustrated version of ...

• Oct-2014
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M. R. James, the master of the antiquarian ghost story, frames a tale of unsettling folk-horror around a seemingly quaint family scene, proving that the most terrifying stories are not just the ones told around the fire, but the ones that leave a phy...

• Oct-2014
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Lost Hearts introduces Stephen Elliot, a young orphan sent to live with his reclusive and unsettlingly genial cousin, Mr. Abney, an antiquarian residing in a vast country estate. The idyllic setting quickly turns sinister as Stephen begins to glimpse...

• Oct-2014
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A museum curator acquires a beautiful print of an English country house. However, he soon discovers the print is far from static: over several nights, the image subtly shifts and changes. It begins to reveal a chilling sequence of night scenes, slowl...

• Oct-2014
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A seemingly tranquil piece of countryside that holds a dark secret. A prominent, ancient landmark has vanished, leaving behind not a quiet absence, but a legacy of fear that permeates the land. The silence is broken by an eerie, mournful presence: a ...

• Oct-2014
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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 r...

• Oct-2014
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From the mind of M. R. James, the acknowledged master who redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and founded the 'antiquarian ghost story' genre, comes a chilling tale where an ancient clerical building holds a palpable aura of malice.A young...

• Oct-2014
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Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 -- 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905 -- 1918), and of Eton College (1918 -- 1936). He...

• Oct-2014
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A man whose unbridled ambition and hidden crime have secured his position finds himself under relentless surveillance. The medieval carved beasts and grotesque figures adorning the cathedral's wooden choir stalls seem to come alive, their painted eye...

• Oct-2014
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Cheerfully festive letters shared among friends. The mood quickly turns grim, however, when a popular clergyman goes missing without a trace. Finding out the unsettling circumstances, a search leads toward a bizarre, grotesque Punch and Judy show; a ...

• Oct-2014
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Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 - 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905-1918), and of Eton College (1918-1936). He is best ...

• Oct-2014
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From the mind of M. R. James, the acknowledged master who redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and founded the 'antiquarian ghost story' genre, comes a chilling tale where academic rivalry uncovers a terrifying spectral curse.A young, unass...

• Oct-2014
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Two Doctors centers on the intense professional feud between two medical men who are both named in the bizarre will of an eccentric, wealthy patient. As the good-natured Dr. Audley attempts to settle the inheritance, he finds himself violently oppose...

• Oct-2014
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From the mind of M. R. James, the acknowledged master who redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and founded the 'antiquarian ghost story' genre, comes a chilling tale where piety becomes peril.An antiquarian's exciting find: a seemingly rare...

• Jun-2014
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M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and the...

• Feb-2014
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• Oct-2013
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• Sep-2013
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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...

• Sep-2013
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"In another infinitesimal flash he had taken it in. Pale, dusky skin, covering nothing but bones and tendons of appalling strength; coarse black hairs, longer than ever grew on a human hand; nails rising from the ends of the fingers and curving sharp...

• Jul-2013
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I take my stand before the moderate-sized bookcase which contains the collection of MSS. belonging to the College of Eton, and with due care draw from the shelves a few of the books which have reposed there since the room was built in 1729....

• May-2011
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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 medieval scholar and Provost of King's College, Cambridge. His stories...

• May-2011
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M. R. James was a true master of the ghost story and tale of the unexpected. Here are collected some of his finest work. Some of the stories included are, 'Casting the Runes', 'lost Hearts', 'The Haunted Doll's House' and 'Count Magnus'....

• Feb-2011
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M. R. James is widely acknowledged as having been one of the finest exponents of the literary ghost story. Almost everyone who enjoys or has an interest in supernatural fiction will have read his outstanding stories, so those who are drawn to this an...

• Jan-2011
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• Nov-2010
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Thirty-four masterful strange tales by the grand master of the nature of fear

There has been much written about Montague Rhodes James that needs no repetition here. To those who know anything of the literature of the supernatural his name and ...

• Jun-2010
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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 include The Mezzotint, The Ash-Tree, Count Magnus, Ca...

• Mar-2008
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This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.

Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.

• Jul-2007
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Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday,...

• Jan-2006
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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."

"...gifted with an almost dia...

• Sep-2005
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M.R. James has been credited (perhaps unfairly) with creating the ghost story genre. But what most people don't know is that he was also a respected Medieval scholar. A Thin Ghost and Others is M. R. James' third collection of ghost stories, publi...

• Feb-2004
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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 alou...

• Nov-2000
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From the mind of M. R. James, the acknowledged master who redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and founded the 'antiquarian ghost story' genre, comes a chilling tale where childhood innocence is corrupted by pure malice.The Haunted Dolls' H...

• Jul-1994
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Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt this selection of superbly spooky tales selected and introduced by Ruth Rendell. M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modern...

• Oct-1983
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• Feb-1976
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Dive into this collection of exquisite, classic horror stories -- just make sure to have the lights on and the doors locked!First published in 1904, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary contains eight tales of supernatural horror by genre master M.R. James....

M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. 'Cas...

A SADISTIC SERIAL KILLER suddenly starts terrorizing the remote corner of a northwestern Montana vacation paradise. The killer’s blatantly shocking butchery is marked by his use of hand-crafted primitive weapons and the taunting notes left at e...

The very curious incident related in the following narrative took place nearly a hundred years ago, and, as men's memories are short, and the whole affair reads like fiction -- and very improbable and imaginative fiction -- it may be as well to write...

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 r...

Many of the earliest ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original ...

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 r...

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 r...

M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. Orig...

If you read the title-page of this book - a thing which young persons very seldom do - you will see that it (the book) contains stories taken out of some of the less-known apocryphal books of the Old Testament. You will very possibly not understand w...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

Many of the earliest ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original ...

A young academic visits a secluded country estate and is loaned a pair of unusual, old binoculars. Climbing a local hill to enjoy the landscape, he uses the field-glasses only to see a world radically different from the one he expects: the binoculars...

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 r...

An English traveler, Mr. Wraxall, finds himself irresistibly drawn to the history of the late Baron Magnus in a remote Swedish town. Researching into the nobleman's sinister legacy, he discovers whispered rumors of dark pacts and unholy pilgrimages.R...

An Episode of Cathedral History details the events that follow the restoration work on a grand old cathedral. During the process, workers discover a large, ancient, and unnervingly plain stone chest sealed into the wall, which is quickly moved and st...