M.R. James





M.R. James

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born
August 01, 1862 in Kent, England, The United Kingdom

died
June 12, 1936

gender
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About this author

Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M. R. James, was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, and replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.


Average rating: 4.11 · 3,859 ratings · 448 reviews · 74 distinct works
Collected Ghost Stories
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 1931 — 15 editions
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
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Ghost Stories
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1908 — 3 editions
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More Ghost Stories of an An...
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1916 — 29 editions
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Complete Ghost Stories
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A Warning to the Curious Gh...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1925 — 7 editions
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More books by M.R. James…
“...his girl was on the tentacles of expectation about it.

(From Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance)”
M.R. James, More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

“The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw
entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its head. It was busy about the truckle-beds, but not for long. The sound of cries - faint, as if coming out of a vast distance - but, even so, infinitely appalling, reached the ear. ("The Haunted Doll's House")”
M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

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