Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Illustrated

ISBN-10
ISBN-13: 9798730139039
Series: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Illustrated
Pages: 156
Language: English
Published: 2021-03-30
Author: Montague Rhodes James

Description

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, 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. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are rarely explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.