Collected Ghost Stories

· OUP Oxford
4.4
16 reviews
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512
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About this eBook

'I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...' Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb. This edition presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James's background and his mastery of the genre he made his own. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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4.4
16 reviews
RockHoppr3
15 September 2014
It is thanks to this book that I spent hours in the school library. As a fan of both horror and 19th and early 20th century literature, I recommend this book for anyone's ghost story collection. Some of the stories here are genuinely creepy and readers will get that wonderful sense of dread that comes with well-crafted horror stories.
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Shabnam Mirza
30 October 2016
I love to read ghost story books i loved it tooooooo
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varsha Sibal
25 July 2016
Way better than I expected!
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About the author

Darryl Jones's other publications include Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film (London: Arnold; New York: OUP, 2002).

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