Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories
The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1
$29.51
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2011
Summary
Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James’s ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre.
Included in this collection are such landmark tales as “Count Magnus,” set in the wilds of Sweden; “Number 13,” a distinctive tale abo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143039396 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143039393 |
| Author: | M.R. James, S.T. Joshi |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
M.R. James
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) is one of the originators and most influential writers of supernatural fiction. Among his many honors was the Order of Merit, bestowed upon him by King George V in 1930.
S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. Among his critical and biographical studies are The Weird Tale (1990), Lord Dunsany- Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination (1995), H. P. Lovecraft- A Life (1996), and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume Encyclopedia of Supernatural Literature. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.
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