M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. The stories are classics of their genre. Among them are ‘Casting the Runes’, ‘Oh, Whistle and I’ll come to you, my lad’, ‘The Tractate Middoth’, ‘The Ash Tree’ and ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’. They are all designed to instil that satisfying sense of unease in the heart of the reader.
‘There are some authors one wishes one had never read in order to have the joy of reading them for the first time. For me, M.R. James is one of these’. – Ruth Rendell
Stories include: Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook; 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; A School Story; The Rose Garden; The Tractate Middoth; Casting the Runes; The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral; Martin’s Close; Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance; The Residence at Whitminster; The Diary of Mr Poynter; An Episode of Cathedral History; The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance; Two Doctors; The Haunted Dolls’ House; The Uncommon Prayer-Book; A Neighbour’s Landmark; A View from a Hill; A Warning to the Curious; An Evening’s Entertainment; There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard; Rats; After Dark in the Playing Fields; Wailing Well; Stories I Have Tried to Write.
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