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The Anthology of Ghost Stories of M. R. James. Tales of horror and mystery

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The Anthology of Ghost Stories of M. R. James. Tales of horror and mystery

The Mezzotint, The Stalls of Barchester, The Ash Tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, A Warning to the Curious and othersBy M. R. JamesNarrated by Peter Coates

The Anthology of Ghost Stories of M. R. James. Tales of horror and mystery

Length10h 12m

About this audiobook

The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is an omnibus collection of ghost stories. Many of these stories are time-tested classics. Montague Rhodes James is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story". H. P. Lovecraft was an admirer of James's work, extolling the stories as the peak of the ghost story form in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature". A collection of stories: Canon Alberic's Scrap-book Lost Hearts The Mezzotint The Ash Tree Number 13 Count Magnus The Treasure of Abbot Thomas A School Story The Rose Garden The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral The Diary of Mr. Poynter An Episode of Cathedral History The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance An Evening's Entertainment A Warning to the Curious A Neighbour's Landmark The Uncommon Prayer-book The Haunted Dolls' House Wailing Well There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard Rats After Dark in the Playing Fields The Experiment: a New Year's Eve Ghost Story The Malice of Inanimate Objects A Vignette

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction, Horror

Length10 hrs 12 mins

Narrated byPeter Coates

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateMar 12, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Anthology of Ghost Stories of M. R. James - Intro

17An Evening's Entertainment

2Canon Alberic's Scrap-book

18A Warning to the Curious

3Lost Hearts

19A Neighbour's Landmark

4The Mezzotint

20The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 1

5The Ash Tree

21The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 2

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6Number 13

22The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 3

7Count Magnus

23The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 4

8The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Part 1

24The Haunted Dolls' House

9The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Part 2

25Wailing Well

10The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Part 3

26There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard

11A School Story

27Rats

12The Rose Garden

28After Dark in the Playing Fields

13The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral

29The Experiment: a New Year's Eve Ghost Story

14The Diary of Mr. Poynter

30The Malice of Inanimate Objects

15An Episode of Cathedral History

31A Vignette

16The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearanc

32The Anthology of Ghost Stories of M. R. James - Outro

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