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by M. R. James (Author), Michael Cox (Editor) "S. BERTRAND DE COMMINGES is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagneres-de-Luchon ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (15 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192837737
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192837738
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This selection of 21 stories represents the best of James's work, and includes three stories which are not in the Collected Edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A well-edited selection, but why not the Complete Stories?, 10 Nov 2000
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'Casting the Runes' collects eighteen of the stories whose publication made the reputation of their author as one of the finest of the English supernaturalists. It adds three late stories, 'An Experiment' (1931), 'The Malice of Inanimate Objects' (1933), and 'A Vignette' (1936), which appeared in magazines after the publication of the otherwise definitive 'Collected Ghost Stories' of 1931, and which some readers will judge not to be among the author's best.

The editor of this selection is the author's biographer, and he has revisited the original manuscripts to produce revised versions in the case of about half the stories in the collection. The stories are annotated and difficult terms glossed, and some non-fiction material has been included, in particular the well known piece 'Stories I Have Tried to Write'.

The stories included are of course peerless examples of their kind, and in other circumstances I would be able to recommend this volume without hesitation, but most readers will want to read all of James, and thirty stories are available (as they appeared in the 1931 collection) in other, cheaper editions. Notably, at the time of writing of this review, the Wordsworth edition reprints (for a pound!) the 1931 volume in its entirety, excluding the three uncollected pieces but including the essay mentioned above.

This leaves this Oxford volume to recommend itself on the basis of the editor's valuable contributions and the three uncollected stories, which the reader looking for the best value in James editions may find an inadequate inducement. What a shame that Oxford were not able to produce an annotated Complete Stories to supersede the 1931 reprint.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best read by candlelight., 11 Dec 2007
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Read this on a winters night by the fire; don't forget to check the wardrobe before you go to sleep.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but enjoyable, 24 May 2009
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M R James's language and style is probably too dated now for mass enjoyment; even a bit of a chore at times. Worth the effort though if you can imagine the events brought up to date. Some stories actual do chill the spine.
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