The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories
The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 2
$34.02
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2011
Summary
Stories by a visionary master of supernatural fiction
Volume two of this annotated edition of M. R. James’s complete writings brings together tales from his final two works, A Thin Ghost and Others and A Warning to the Curious. In these stories, James continues his fearsome transformation of the ghost story from its nineteenth-century heritage, drawing upon his deep knowledge of medieval history and biblical curiosa. This edition features a number of little-known tal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143039921 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014303992X |
| Author: | M.R. James |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 21mm |
| 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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