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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Collins Classics) (English Edition) Format Kindle


HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

‘At first you saw only a mass of coarse, matted black hair; presently it was seen that this covered a body of fearful thinness, almost a skeleton, but with the muscles standing out like wires’

M.R. James’ ghost stories are brimming with delicate horror. They take place in the quiet corners of churches, and between the dusty shelves of esteemed college libraries. But when Professor Parkin discovers a whistle in a Templar ruin, or Sir Richard Fell inherits a country manor with a horrifying history, malevolent forces are unleashed. Something half-glimpsed, something not of this world, is preparing to disturb the silence.

Having terrified generations since its first publication in 1904, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection that will haunt the reader’s imagination long after the lights have gone out.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N5EJ9F7
  • Éditeur ‏ : ‎ William Collins
  • Accessibilité ‏ : ‎ En savoir plus
  • Date de publication ‏ : ‎ 15 juin 2017
  • Langue ‏ : ‎ Anglais
  • Taille du fichier ‏ : ‎ 844 KB
  • Lecteur d’écran  ‏ : ‎ Pris en charge
  • Confort de lecture ‏ : ‎ Activé
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Non activée
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Activé
  • Nombre de pages de l'édition imprimée  ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008242107
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  • Aman
    4,0 sur 5 étoiles Happy
    Avis laissé en Inde le 3 septembre 2020
    Good quality binding and printing. Happy with the seller. Good book.
  • Dennis Hendrix
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles M R James - master of subtle horror...
    Avis laissé aux États-Unis le 29 mars 2011
    Buying this book used for $.01 + $3.99 shipping was perhaps the most fun I've ever squeezed out of four bucks. I took my time reading this book over several months, and James kept my interest in coming back for more. Horror in the writing of M R James is subtle, his prose is a bit academic and he makes you wait for that kernel of horror, but he's able to imply so much in so few words. In that way he's the opposite of H. P. Lovecraft (whom I love) in his use of adjectives about the "unutterable eldritch cyclopean explosions of tentacles."

    For example, in "Number 13" a man in a hotel suspects something bad is going on in room 13 next to his. One night looking out the window he sees his image projected onto the opposite wall, and further down, that of the occupant of 13 as well. All James has to say is that the occupant "must be possessed of a red lamp shade and the lamp must be flickering very much." We know exactly what's going on. His tales are filled with touches such as this, and they're often more subtle, giving you that fearful moment of realization.

    The settings in the stories of James are often "cozy" - remote villages, manor houses, desolate moors and perhaps his favorite of all; old cathedrals. His favorite evils are cloaked figures, demons and spiders. The idea of eternal evil forces that are shut up and unwittingly released appears over and over again; similar to Lovecraft's writing on "forbidden knowledge." This is also a bit like Arthur Machen's works that make folklore absolutely terrifying. Tension is built slowly with atmosphere, and when that hint of the horror is given it's unexpected.

    James didn't write one story that would be considered "epic" in the way that fellow English ghost story writer Algernon Blackwood did with "The Willows" or "The Windigo." Neither is he as intense as Machen or Lovecraft. However, the overall quality is better than Blackwood, who has a lot of "misses" in my opinion - if you like James' style, there's very few misses to be found here. Whereas Blackwood (and many other writers) often put you into the mind of the protagonist who senses something wrong, James just gives you the facts and makes YOU sense something is wrong.

    Some of the best stories here are "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," "The Ash Tree," "Number 13," "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" and "A View From a Hill" just to name a few. Some I would skip starting out are "Two Doctors" and "The Uncommon Prayer-Book."
  • Amazon Customer
    1,0 sur 5 étoiles One Star
    Avis laissé en Inde le 2 mars 2017
    Too boring
  • Don Kidwell
    4,0 sur 5 étoiles It's all about...Atmosphere
    Avis laissé aux États-Unis le 31 juillet 2015
    Collection of eight suspenseful ghost stories from a master that predates HP Lovecraft. Creepy fun with a dry British sense of wit that will have you wanting to pull up the covers and read a single tale just before you drop off to sleep so as to give you chills all week long. Very good book!
  • Internet Person
    5,0 sur 5 étoiles Great folk horror
    Avis laissé aux États-Unis le 3 avril 2024
    I found MR James in the Folk Horror Anthology (also excellent) and wanted to read more of his stuff. This is an excellent collection.

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