M.R. James: The Complete Ghost Stories Collection (MP3-Download)
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Sprecher: Keeble, Jonathan
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The ghost stories of M.R. James are a masterclass in crafting suspense and psychological horror and are justly celebrated for their eerie atmosphere and chilling supernatural encounters. James redefined the genre by replacing many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors with more realistic contemporary settings, and pioneered the "antiquarian ghost story," where ancient manuscripts, relics, or artifacts unleash malevolent forces (Casting the Runes, The Mezzotint). This full and unabridged collection contains the five volumes of ghost stories James published in his lifetime, superbly...
The ghost stories of M.R. James are a masterclass in crafting suspense and psychological horror and are justly celebrated for their eerie atmosphere and chilling supernatural encounters. James redefined the genre by replacing many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors with more realistic contemporary settings, and pioneered the "antiquarian ghost story," where ancient manuscripts, relics, or artifacts unleash malevolent forces (Casting the Runes, The Mezzotint). This full and unabridged collection contains the five volumes of ghost stories James published in his lifetime, superbly read by award-winning narrator Jonathan Keeble. The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are: - 'Canon Alberics Scrap-Book' - '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 Humphrys and His Inheritance' - 'The Residence at Whitminister' - 'The Diary of Mr Poynter' - 'An Episode of Cathedral History' - 'The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance' - 'Two Doctors' - 'An Evening's Entertainment' - 'A Warning to the Curious' - 'A View from a Hill' - 'A Neighbour's Landmark' - 'The Uncommon Prayer-Book' - 'The Haunted Dolls' House' - 'Wailing Well' - 'There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard' - 'Rats' - 'After Dark in the Playing Fields' - 'The Experiment' - 'The Malice of Inanimate Objects' - 'A Vignette' - 'The Fenstanton Witch' - 'Appendix' Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a distinguished English medievalist scholar and academic, serving as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and later Eton College. His ghost stories, widely regarded as the finest in the English language, have been widely influential on modern horror and many - including Oh, Whistle and I'll Come For You, My Lad,The Tractate Middoth, A View from a Hill and Casting the Runes (aka Night of the Demon) - have been adapted for the screen. This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each book and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual sections.
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