Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Ghost Stories
    Ghost Stories
    Ghost Stories
    Audiobook (abridged)1 hour

    Ghost Stories

    Written by M. R. James

    Narrated by Emma Topping

    3.5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    M.R. James redefined the classic ghost stories and this collection of short stories of widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. Three stories from the collection are read here by Emma Topping including "Lost Hearts", "The Mezzotint" and "The Ash-Tree"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSaland Publishing
    Release dateJan 6, 2011
    ISBN9781908338587
    Ghost Stories
    Author

    M. R. James

    Montague Rhodes James was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, where his father was a curate, but the family moved soon afterwards to Great Livermere in Suffolk. James attended Eton College and later King's College Cambridge where he won many awards and scholarships. From 1894 to 1908 he was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and from 1905 to 1918 was Provost of King's College. In 1913, he became Vice-Chancellor of the University for two years. In 1918 he was installed as Provost of Eton. A distinguished medievalist and scholar of international status, James published many works on biblical and historical antiquarian subjects. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1930. His ghost story writing began almost as a divertissement from his academic work and as a form of entertainment for his colleagues. His first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary was published in 1904. He never married and died in 1936.

    More audiobooks from M. R. James

    Related to Ghost Stories

    Related audiobooks

    Short Stories For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Paul Tremblay

      Jun 17, 2020

      IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS that I would live to see the end of everything,” says Paul Tremblay, speaking to SFX from his Massachusetts home in the middle of lockdown. It’s a singularly peculiar time, and a peculiar interview for him to

      3 min read

    • Article

      Prue’s Farewell

      May 19, 2021

      Prue’s Farewell
      2 min read

    • Article

      Paperbacks

      Dec 14, 2021

      by Matthew Dennison (Apollo, £12.99). A tactful, well-researched biography that’s particularly good on the Queen’s childhood. by Kate Mosse (Pan, £8.99). The latest epic from the bestselling Mosse once again blends great storytelling with a fully rea

      1 min read

    • Article

      The Season’s Hottest Reads

      May 28, 2022

      ISABEL CAÑAS Set during the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, this gothic haunted house thriller is billed as “Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca.” “Don’t read this gothic horror right before bedtime, especially if you’re prone to nightmares,”

      3 min read

    • Article

      5 Books Making News: Gods, Monsters, and Refugees

      Feb 21, 2017

      The first volume in Philip Pullman’s new “The Book of Dust” trilogy is coming in October. Pullman tells the BBC the books are not a sequel or a prequel but an “equel” to his Dark Materials series. The six books on the International Prize for Arabic F

      8 min read

    • Article

      Best Books of 2023

      Nov 20, 2023

      Best Books of 2023
      15 min read

    • Article

      If Trees Could Talk

      Jun 14, 2023

      If Trees Could Talk
      5 min read

    • Article

      Reissues

      Feb 22, 2023

      You may know Daniel Abraham as one half of James SA Corey, the two-person writing team behind the Expanse books. AGE OF ASH ( , 23 February, Orbit) kicks off his latest solo fantasy series, the Kithamar Trilogy. It’s set within the walls of Kithamar,

      1 min read

    • Article

      From Paradise Lost To The Lord Of The Rings: Top 10 Epics In Fiction | Stephanie Sy-Quia

      Nov 10, 2021

      What are epics? Typically, they are defined first by their length: they are traditionally long, and poems (this being the older, oral form). They often concern male heroes fighting a good fight (against an enemy either monstrous or geopolitical), and

      5 min read

    • Article

      Top 10 Reads

      Nov 1, 2018

      Top 10 Reads
      1 min read

    • Article

      Where To Start With: AS Byatt

      Nov 24, 2023

      AS Byatt had a writing career that spanned six decades and featured award-winning novels, short stories and literary criticism. Whether you’re new to the author’s work or wanting to revisit it, John Mullan suggests some good ways in. The weightiness

      3 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      Jul 8, 2020

      1) The old legal term ‘chattels' refers to one's what? 2) Englishman Eric Arthur Blair is better known by his pen name-what is it? 3) Which pseudonymous artist's works include Ballerina with Action Man Parts, Pulp Fiction and Parachuting Rat? 4) K

      1 min read

    • Article

      'A Life Of My Own' Is Biographer Claire Tomalin's Chance To Turn Inward

      Aug 21, 2018

      Tomalin also sounds a subtly feminist note, revealing how a woman who’s been a daughter, wife, and mother slowly found a life of her own in the reading and writing of books.

      3 min read

    • Article

      December Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

      Dec 2, 2020

      The year may be ending but there's still new book releases—from Emma Glass, Saul Friedländer, and others—on the horizon. The post December Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month) appeared first on The Millions.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Gregg August

      Jul 31, 2020

      Dialogues on Race, Volume One Iacuessa Bassist/composer Gregg August could not have known at what an auspicious moment he would release Dialogues on Race, a double-disc, large-ensemble statement that he originally premiered in 2009. He even writes in

      1 min read

    • Article

      In The Novel ‘Emily’s House,’ The Dickinsons’ Irish Maid Speaks Her Mind

      Oct 27, 2021

      Amy Belding Brown’s historic novel “Emily’s House” sheds light on Emily Dickinson and her family, through the observations of their Irish maid.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Pillars To The Temple

      Jan 5, 2020

      In 1982, seeking escape from the miseries of school teaching, I enrolled in a journalism course at an obscure Australian university. The writing teacher was a newly arrived South African with a dust-dry wit and a gruff indifference to the self-esteem

      2 min read

    • Article

      Moon Witch, Spider King books

      Feb 23, 2022

      RELEASED 3 MARCH 656 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook Author Marlon James Publisher Hamish Hamilton In 1954, JRR Tolkien’s The Two Towers set the template for the middle volume of fantasy trilogies. Here was the book where the best-laid plans of our

      1 min read

    • Article

      On The Shelf

      Dec 21, 2020

      On The Shelf
      2 min read

    • Article

      Amethyst

      Jul 15, 2020

      RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher DC Comics/Wonder Comics Writer/artist Amy Reeder ISSUES 1-3 This revival of Amethyst smartly drops the Princess Of Gemworld subtitle of the original 1983 comic, reflecting how teenager Amy Winston – who’s actually heir to

      1 min read

    • Article

      Fates Aligned

      Mar 7, 2021

      In THE PERFORMANCE (Hachette, $37.99) Claire Thomas has come up with the intriguing idea of writing a complete novel that begins and ends during the performance of Samuel Beckett’s play Happy Days. The 292-page novel feels at times like a series of i

      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Ghost Stories

    3.5/5

    2 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words