The Complete Ghost Stories Collection - M.R.James

Category: Adults, Classic, Horror, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: Complete ghost stories Supernatural

Written by M.R.James
Read by Jonathan Keeble
Format: M4A
Unabridged

M.R. James: The Complete Ghost Stories Collection offers the full, unabridged works of one of the finest horror writers in history, brought to life by award-winning narrator, Jonathan Keeble.

Known for his use of realism, dry wit and for reinventing the gothic genre for contemporary audiences, M.R. James published five volumes of ghost stories in his lifetime. In this chilling collection, you will hear of supernatural stalkers, haunted ruins and foreboding prophecies in James’s most renowned works, including ‘A Warning to the Curious’ and ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ amongst others.

The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are:

‘Canon Alberics Scrap-Book’
‘Lost Hearts’
‘The Mezzotint’
‘The Ash-Tree’
‘Number 13′
‘Count Magnus’
‘Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’
‘The Treasure of Abbot Thomas’
‘A School Story’
‘The Rose Garden’
‘The Tractate Middoth’
‘Casting the Runes’
‘The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral’
‘Martin’s Close’
‘Mr Humphrys and His Inheritance’
‘The Residence at Whitminister’
‘The Diary of Mr Poynter’
‘An Episode of Cathedral History’
‘The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance’
‘Two Doctors’
‘An Evening’s Entertainment’
‘A Warning to the Curious’
‘A View from a Hill’
‘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’
‘The Malice of Inanimate Objects’
‘A Vignette’
‘The Fenstanton Witch’
‘Appendix’

M.R. James (1862 – 1936) was an English scholar and author. He was provost of Kings College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. Widely known for his academic work in medieval studies, he was also admired for his ghost stories which remain largely influential on modern horror to this day.