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first-rate introduction (Ferdinand Mount, London Review of Books )
Atmospheric, spare and dangerous: these are classics of a master. (Daily Echo )
The definitive edition of James's stories... a treasure trove for every horror lover. (Politico )
For those who like their flesh to creep, there is an inimitable cumulative pleasure in reading these stories (Daily Telegraph )
This collection is perfect both for longstanding M R James fans or those new to his chilling tales. (The Oldie )
An outstanding new edition... exemplary. (Boyd Tonkin, The Independent )
Atmospheric, spare and dangerous: these are classics of a master. (Daily Echo )
The definitive edition of James's stories... a treasure trove for every horror lover. (Politico )
For those who like their flesh to creep, there is an inimitable cumulative pleasure in reading these stories (Daily Telegraph )
This collection is perfect both for longstanding M R James fans or those new to his chilling tales. (The Oldie )
An outstanding new edition... exemplary. (Boyd Tonkin, The Independent )
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Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James is an unlikely producer of ghost-stories. An eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge, his classic supernatural tales have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb. They draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. Stories that were first read aloud in James's study late on Christmas Eve have the power to haunt us still. This book presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James's background and his mastery of the genre he made his own.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A wonderful book by the master of the ghost story. Superbly written and constructed, intelligent, stories, that chill and scare and disturb and challenge thinking. And all in a great new edition. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The tradition on Christmas Eve in King's College, Cambridge, a century ago was for the provost to read out one of his handwritten ghost stories to a select group of friends and colleagues. The provost was Montague Rhodes James, one of the most distinguished scholars of his day, and the unlikely author of some of the most terrifying ghost stories in English literature, usually set in some deserted country house or remote village inn where ill-advised meddling unleashes supernatural forces intent on dire retribution. These tales, first read aloud in that candle-lit Cambridge study, have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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There are classics that deserve no separate review apart from mere stating of the fact that these stories have been shaping the contours of horror fiction for the past century, and since 1931 (when these stories were brought out together, except 3 stories that were later collected) they have remained continuously in-print. However, this book was special in the sense that the stories often mention certain details that require gentle ministrations in the shape of annotations & explanations for Latin-challenged readers like us (who must be 99.9% of the total readers), and this book does it to some extent. Of course, its comparison with the gold-standard of annotated editions set by "A Pleasing Terror" published by the Ash Tree Press would be made, and the book would be found short on many grounds (esp. in terms of non-inclusion of certain non-fiction written by MRJ himself that have immense relevance in understanding the stories themselves) rather inevitably. Nevertheless, it is very reasonably priced, and deserves to be appreciated, esp. since the Penguin volumes (edited by S.T Joshi) are ridiculously overpriced, and since the Ash Tree Press is not coming out with their long-awaited 2nd edition of "A Pleasing Terror" (in 2 volumes!) any time soon. Recommended.
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Best read out loud
I bought this after going to a reading of the stories at Christmas. They were very spooky, and lingered in my mind. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Scarlett Wench
Collected Ghost Stories
Rather dated and not to me all that fascinating. Of its type it is I suppose good and probably worth a read
Published 5 months ago by Wd Graeme-coutts
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