Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
By M. R. James
Read by David Timson and Stephen Critchlow
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The powerful sense of evil—darkness, creepy hairy presences, cloaks, hoods, talons, and tentacles—pervades these classic ghost stories by M. R. James. A Cambridge scholar himself, James explored what happens when academics dabble in things they don’t understand and unleash forces of which they know nothing. The titles in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary range from witchcraft to the occult, and tap into our primal fear of things that go bump in the night. They are recognized as the best of their genre.
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The powerful sense of evil—darkness, creepy hairy presences, cloaks, hoods, talons, and tentacles—pervades these classic ghost stories by M. R. James. A Cambridge scholar himself, James explored what happens when academics dabble in things they don’t understand and unleash forces of which they know nothing. The titles in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary range from witchcraft to the occult, and tap into our primal fear of things that go bump in the night. They are recognized as the best of their genre.
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Author Bio: M. R. James
M. R. James (1862–1936) was an English medieval scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge and Eton College. He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which redefined the genre. He abandoned the many gothic clichés of his predecessors and opted for more realistic, contemporary settings. His characters and plots, however, reflected his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the “antiquarian ghost story.”
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| Available Formats : | CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Runtime: | 4.71 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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