Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by M. R. James
English
⏱ 10h 6m
16 chapters
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About this audiobook
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.<br /><br />“Ghost Stories of an Antiquary” was written as two collections, presented here as two volumes in a single work. There is a short author’s preface before the first story in each volume. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
Chapters
1
Preface to Vol. 1 and Canon Alberic
34m
2
Lost Hearts
27m
3
The Mezzotint
30m
4
The Ash-Tree
35m
5
Number 13
40m
6
Count Magnus
36m
7
Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad
49m
8
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
50m
9
Preface to Vol. 2 and A School Story
18m
10
The Rose Garden
28m
11
The Tractate Middoth
43m
12
Casting the Runes
53m
13
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
40m
14
Martin’s Close
49m
15
Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance – Part One
29m
16
Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance – Part Two
38m