Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545234884)

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. 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. "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" was written as two collections, presented here as two volumes in a single work. There is a short author's preface before the first story in each volume.

Author: M. R. James
ISBN-10: 1545234884
ISBN-13: 9781545234884
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2017
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.67d