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    The M.R. James Megapack: 27 Classic Horror Stories
    The M.R. James Megapack: 27 Classic Horror Stories
    The M.R. James Megapack: 27 Classic Horror Stories
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    The M.R. James Megapack: 27 Classic Horror Stories

    By M.R. James

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    Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English medieval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic cliches of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story."


    This volume collects 27 of his classic tales, including:


    CANON ALBERIC'S SCRAP-BOOK

    LOST HEARTS

    THE MEZZOTINT

    THE ASH-TREE

    NUMBER 13

    COUNT MAGNUS

    QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT

    THE TREASURE OF ABBOT THOMAS

    PART 2: THE FIVE JARS

    THE DISCOVERY

    THE FIRST JAR

    THE SECOND JAR

    THE SMALL PEOPLE

    DANGER TO THE JARS

    THE CAT, WAG, SLIM AND OTHERS

    THE BAT-BALL

    WAG AT HOME

    PART 3: MORE GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY

    CASTING THE RUNES

    THE ROSE GARDEN

    THE TRACTATE MIDDOTH

    THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER CATHEDRAL

    MARTIN’S CLOSE

    MR HUMPHREYS AND HIS INHERITANCE

    PART 4: A THIN GHOST AND OTHERS

    THE RESIDENCE AT WHITMINSTER

    THE DIARY OF MR. POYNTER

    AN EPISODE OF CATHEDRAL HISTORY

    THE STORY OF A DISAPPEARANCE AND AN APPEARANCE

    TWO DOCTORS


    And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see all the entries in the Megapack series -- including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!


    This is version 2.0 of this ebook release, correcting several typos from version 1.0.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateApr 3, 2013
    ISBN9781434446787
    The M.R. James Megapack: 27 Classic Horror Stories
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    M.R. James

    Montague Rhodes James was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, where his father was a curate, but the family moved soon afterwards to Great Livermere in Suffolk. James attended Eton College and later King's College Cambridge where he won many awards and scholarships. From 1894 to 1908 he was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and from 1905 to 1918 was Provost of King's College. In 1913, he became Vice-Chancellor of the University for two years. In 1918 he was installed as Provost of Eton. A distinguished medievalist and scholar of international status, James published many works on biblical and historical antiquarian subjects. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1930. His ghost story writing began almost as a divertissement from his academic work and as a form of entertainment for his colleagues. His first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary was published in 1904. He never married and died in 1936.

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