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    Five Short Stories by M. R. James
    Five Short Stories by M. R. James
    Five Short Stories by M. R. James
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    Five Short Stories by M. R. James

    Written by M. R. James

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English author, medieval scholar, and provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. He is best known for his outstanding ghost stories. James reinvented the ghost story for the modern audience by moving away from Gothic elements and using realistic contemporary settings. His protagonists and plots often reflected his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".

    This collection features the following works:
    - Count Magnus
    - The Diary of Mr. Poynter
    - The Haunted Dolls' House
    - Rats
    - Wailing Well
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateApr 18, 2016
    ISBN9781509403875
    Five Short Stories by M. R. James
    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.

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