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Ghost Stories (The Penguin English Library)

Ghost Stories (The Penguin English Library)

by M . R . James (Author)

Synopsis

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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More Information

Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 28 Jul 1994
ISBN 10: 0140621032
ISBN 13: 9780140621037

Author Bio
M. R. James, the bookish and precocious son of a curate, was born in Kent in 1862. He studied at Cambridge and remained there for most of his life, becoming director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Provost of King's College and later Vice-Chancellor of the university. A brilliant scholar, he translated the New Testament apocrypha and catalogued many of the university's medieval manuscripts. His first story collection, based on stories he read aloud to friends on Christmas Eve, was published in 1904 as Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and was followed by three more. He died in 1936.