The Ghost Stories of M.R. James

The Ghost Stories of M.R. James is a collection of the tales that best illustrate the author’s mastery of the ghost story form. The reader experiences a slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. The characters live in a world of ancient objects, whose shocking histories are repeated when they are disturbed, while the blinkered repression common to the author’s narratives amplifies the shock of the spectral appearance.