The second in a series of republished classic literature, The Ghost Stories of M. R. James collects the tales that best illustrate his quiet mastery of the ghost story form. Running through each of these stories is a slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. James characters exist in a world of ancient objects whose atrocious histories begin to repeat when they are disturbed, and the blinkered repression common to James' narratives only amplifies the shock of the spectral appearance.
Product details
Publisher : British Library Publishing; 1st edition (24 Feb. 2018)
Language : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0712352503
ISBN-13 : 978-0712352505
Dimensions : 14.61 x 2.29 x 20.96 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 88,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
266 in Classic Horror
279 in Horror Short Stories (Books)
649 in Ghost Horror
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