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    Casting the Runes: Classic Tales Edition
    Casting the Runes: Classic Tales Edition
    Casting the Runes: Classic Tales Edition
    Audiobook57 minutes

    Casting the Runes: Classic Tales Edition

    Written by M. R. James

    Narrated by B. J. Harrison

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Mystery surrounds a certain Mr. Karswell. He has purchased an old Abbey, is a known alchemist, and has written a ludicrous history of witchcraft. Are these mysterious behaviors those of an irascible eccentric, or a cold-hearted murderer?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherB.J. Harrison
    Release dateAug 10, 2014
    ISBN9781950524082
    Casting the Runes: Classic Tales Edition
    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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