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Publisher. Edward Arnold. Publication date. 1931. Publication place. United Kingdom. Media type. Print (hardback) The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is an omnibus collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James ', published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published).
M. R. James. Montague Rhodes James OM FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English medievalist scholar and author who served as provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936) as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915). James's scholarly work is still highly regarded, [1 ...
Print (hardback) Publication date. 1904. " 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' " is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). The story is named after a 1793 poem of the same name penned by Robert Burns. [1]
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection of ghost stories by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines).Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume.
A Warning to the Curious. " A Warning to the Curious " is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his book A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories first published in 1925. The tale tells the story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" (a disguised version of Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and ...
Hermes Trismegistus, the Alchemical magus to whom Mr. Abney attributes the magical ritual of 'absorbing' the calcined hearts of three children, in order to obtain occult powers. " Lost Hearts " is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, originally published in 1895. It was later collected in his 1904 book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.
The story was not included in the original 1970s run of A Ghost Story for Christmas for budgetary reasons. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark wanted to make the story in 1978, later acknowledging; “I wanted to make Count Magnus by M.R. James but they wouldn’t put up the money for it, which I felt was pretty shortsighted considering the success we’d had with the series.” [2]
Plot summary. In 1690, the English county of Suffolk is wracked with a fear of witches. Many girls and women are accused of casting spells and causing mayhem. One such accused woman is a Mrs. Mothersole, a wealthier noblewoman who has property of her own. The only evidence of her witchcraft are eyewitness accounts by Sir Matthew Fell, the owner ...