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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 CoatesLength10h 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
2Canon Alberic's Scrap-book
3Lost Hearts
4The Mezzotint
5The Ash Tree
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6Number 13
7Count Magnus
8The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Part 1
9The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Part 2
10The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. Part 3
11A School Story
12The Rose Garden
13The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
14The Diary of Mr. Poynter
15An Episode of Cathedral History
16The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearanc
17An Evening's Entertainment
18A Warning to the Curious
19A Neighbour's Landmark
20The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 1
21The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 2
22The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 3
23The Uncommon Prayer-book. Part 4
24The Haunted Dolls' House
25Wailing Well
26There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
27Rats
28After Dark in the Playing Fields
29The Experiment: a New Year's Eve Ghost Story
30The Malice of Inanimate Objects
31A Vignette
32The Anthology of Ghost Stories of M. R. James - Outro
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