by M. R. James · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140621037
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«Ghost Stories» is M. R. James's collection of ghost stories, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (368 pages, in English).
It brings together 31 classic ghost stories by M. R. James, one of the great names of supernatural horror. The tales create unsettling atmospheres where apparitions and inexplicable phenomena intrude into recognizable settings, with the aim of making the blood run cold in a pleasurable way.
1994 edition from the Penguin Popular Classics series. The author, Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), is a key figure in supernatural fiction; the stories come from 'The Collected Ghost Stories' (1931).
Recommended for those seeking classic horror and short stories; a gateway to ghost fiction before modern horror.
Montague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author who served as provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936) as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915). James's scholarly work is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered by many critics and authors as the finest in the English language and widely influential on modern horror.
