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M.R. James

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 31 1862

Died: 1111 06 19361936

Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M.R. James, was a noted English mediaeval scholar & provost of King's College, Cambridge & of Eton College . He's best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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M.R. James

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 31 1862

Died: 1111 06 19361936

Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M.R. James, was a noted English mediaeval scholar & provost of King's College, Cambridge & of Eton College . He's best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

M.R.^James

Books from M.R. James

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M.R. James, Volume 1

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

3.7/5 ( ratings)

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Ghost Stories

Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories for Late at Night

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Ash-Tree

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Gothic Short Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Lost Hearts

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Complete Ghost Stories

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Classic Ghost Stories by Wilkie Collins, M.R. James, Charles Dickens and Others

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 1

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Tractate Middoth

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Tales from the Dead of Night: Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories

3.5/5 ( ratings)