The ghost stories of M.R. James

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The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M.R. James achieves to perfection in these 31 stories.

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Description

The Ghost Stories of M.R. James collects the tales that best illustrate the author’s quiet mastery of the ghost story form. Running through each of these stories is a slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. James’ characters exist in a world of ancient objects whose atrocious histories begin to repeat when they are disturbed, and the blinkered repression common to James’ narratives only amplifies the shock of the spectral appearance.

Additional information

Weight 0.531 kg
Dimensions 21 × 14.6 × 2.3 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

208

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

823.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K