| Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | |
 First edition cover |
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| Author | M. R. James |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror short stories |
| Publisher | Edward Arnold |
| Publication date | 1904 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Followed by | More Ghost Stories |
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, ( August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936) who used the publication name M The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd is a British publishing house with its head office in London. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth More Ghost Stories is the title of M R James ' second collection of ghost stories published in 1911 (one had previously appeared in the Contemporary Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, ( August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936) who used the publication name M Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume. More Ghost Stories is the title of M R James ' second collection of ghost stories published in 1911 (one had previously appeared in the Contemporary
Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. Provost is the title of a senior Academic administrator at many institutions of Higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent King's College Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.
Contents of the original edition
- "Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book"
- "Lost Hearts"
- "The Mezzotint"
- "The Ash-Tree"
- "Number 13"
- "Count Magnus"
- "'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad'"
- "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"
References
- A Guide to Supernatural Fiction. " Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book " is the first story in the first collection of ghost stories published by M Oh whistle and I'll come to you my lad is the title and refrain of a poem and song by Robert Burns. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). Donald Henry Tuck (born 1922 in Australia) is a bibliographer of Science fiction and Fantasy. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 240.
External links
- Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
- Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works (Part 2)
- LibriVox public domain audio-recording: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James
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