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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
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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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…
James’s stories continue to influence many of today’s great supernatural writers, including Stephen King.
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.
James's stories continue to influence many of today's great supernatural writers, including Stephen King, H. P. Lovecraft and Susan Hill.
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…
A chilling collection of ghost stories by the incomparable M. R. James
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))
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…
This collection is a series of stories not found in the Bible, but found in other works James translated.
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…
Eleven thrilling tales, featuring works by the finest masters of the genre: Mary E. Wilkins, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Henry James, J. S. LeFanu, Ralph Cram, Mrs…
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…
This collection is a series of stories not found in the Bible, but found in other works he translated. Among these stories are Adam, about how God showed Adam and…
Old Testament Legends By M. R. James Description *
The definitive edition of M.R. James’s classic ghost story about a missing person, a murder, and a Punch and Judy show.
The first book to supply the English reader with a comprehensive view of the apocryphal literature connected to the New Testament contains translations of all the important texts in the…
LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Drinking by John Cheever Summer…
Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, (1 August 1862 - 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College…
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…
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…
This book is a work of fiction and collection of some Ghost stories.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. This has been published with the best…
AGES 9-12 Welcome back to the town of Boo! Things have been pretty quiet for Billy, Amanda, and Mr. Night ever since Halloween ended, but that’s all about to change…
AGES 9-12When the yearly carnival arrives in Boo, Pennsylvania, Amanda and Billy think it’s just the thing they need to get their minds off of everything they’ve been through. Pumpkins…
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…
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…
Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, (1 August 1862 - 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King’s College…
A Thin Ghost and Others is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James, published in 1919. It was his third short collection
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…
Many of the earliest occult 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…
