The Book Depository Complete Ghost Stories by M. R. James
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Description: Complete Ghost Stories : Hardback : PAN MACMILLAN : 9781509827725 : 1509827722 : 19 Jun 2017 : A chilling collection of ghost stories by the incomparable M. R. James, presented in a beautiful collector's edition. The Book Depository Complete Ghost Stories by M. R. James - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781509827725
MPN: 1509827722
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Author: David Shepherd
Rating: 5
Review: Great stories. If you like gothic horror such as Poe or Lovecraft you will like this book.
Author: Kindle Customer
Rating: 3
Review: Perhaps it's best not to read too many of M R James' yarns at a time. They follow a pattern: old documents (often within documents); rags and crawling things with vestiges of sinister life; but most irritating of all, tales told at multiple removes! The narrator of a particular story is being told a story by someone who was told the story by the grandmother of someone else!! Such multiple layers of narration at endless remove may serve to distance some of these impenetrable stories from any basis in reality. Conrad did this technique with more aplomb! I think James is overrated. He is of a time, not for all time. As regards ghosts stories Richmal Crompton's small output has more pathos, and the less celebrated work of A M Burrage is far superior. He can be highly inventive: I liked the binoculars that could see awful things in the past. But my favourite story was A Vignette. This might have been because it was very short. And the last in the turgid collection.
