Count Magnus And Other Ghost Stories
The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James
James, M. R.
Joshi, S. T.
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
The only annotated edition of M. R. Jamess writings currently available, Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of Jamess ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as Count Magnus, set in the wilds of Sweden; Number 13, a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; Casting the Runes, a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and Oh, Whistle, and Ill Come to You, My Lad, one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including A Night in Kings College Chapel, Jamess first known ghost story.
AUTHOR BIO
Montague Rhodes James (18621936) is one of the originators and most influential writers of supernatural fiction. Among his many honors was the Order of Merit, bestowed upon him by King George V in 1930. S. T. Joshi is a widely published writer, biographer, and editor. He has edited three Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecrafts horror tales, as well as Algernon Blackwoods Ancient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories and Lord Dunsanys In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0143039393
ISBN(13-digit): 9780143039396
Dewey Decimal: 823/.912
Library of Congress: 2005043371
Book Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 288
Paper Weight (lb): 0.50 lb
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