01912cam a2200361 i 4500 17361079 OSt 20260811101054.0 120625r20111987enk 000 1 eng 2012372979 9780241520703 pbk. 17361079 DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc PR6019.A565 A6 2011b 823/.912 23 James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. Ghost stories / M. R. James Great Britain : Penguin Random House, 2024. 80 pages ; 20 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Vintage classics Canon Alberic's scrap-book -- The tractate middoth -- The mezzotint -- The treasure of Barchester Cathedral -- The ash-tree -- A warning to the curious -- Casting the runes -- Number 13 -- The uncommon prayer-book -- Count Magnus -- 'Oh whistle, and I'll come to you my lad' -- Mr Humphreys and his interitance. M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a dolls house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window - ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense. Ghost stories, English. James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. Warning to the curious. James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. Canon Alberic's scrap-book. 7 cbc origres 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 3282 3282 0 0 ddc 0 0 RGS RGS EAL 2026-08-05 SBL Books Sdn Bhd 40.95 0 FIC JAM SB682 2026-08-11 10:11:28 41.00 2026-08-05 BK