M. R. James

One for the fireside. Spooky tales to enjoy during the festive period. Author - M. R. James. Narrator - Timothy Ackroyd. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English author, medieval scholar, and provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. He is best known for his outstanding ghost stories. James reinvented the ghost story...

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English author, medieval scholar, and provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. He is best known for his outstanding ghost stories. James reinvented the ghost story...

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...

Montague Rhodes James, the greatest English writer of ghost stories, was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage in Kent, where his father was Curate, and spent most of his boyhood at Livermere, near Bury St Edmunds in East Anglia, where his father had...

MR James is widely regarded as THE master of the ghost story. His stories abound with spectres skulking in the shrubbery, in shadowy corners and dark recesses. The Mezzotint is a whimsical and apparently supernatural tale of art on the move, a dying...

An eclectic collection of short stories by the masters of the genre including "Fragment of a Novel" by Lord Byron, Count Magnus by M.R. James and "The Treasure Hunt" by Edgar Wallace. Author - M. R. James. Narrator - Emma Hignett. Published Date -...

MR James is widely regarded as THE master of the ghost story. His stories abound with spectres skulking in the shrubbery, in shadowy corners and dark recesses. The Mezzotint is a whimsical and apparently supernatural tale of art on the move, a dying...

MR James is widely regarded as THE master of the ghost story. His stories abound with spectres skulking in the shrubbery, in shadowy corners and dark recesses. The Mezzotint is a whimsical and apparently supernatural tale of art on the move, a dying...

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English author, mediaeval scholar, and provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. He is best known for his outstanding ghost stories. James reinvented the ghost story...

The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently written for children. While he is out walking, the narrator is drawn to a remote pool, and finds a small box that...

The occult, with its roots in the distant past, has long been a source of fascination and fear. For thousands of years, people have sought to unlock the secrets of the universe by means of arcane rituals, mystical practices, and communion with...

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English author, medieval scholar, and provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. He is best known for his outstanding ghost stories. James reinvented the ghost story...

Five ghost stories, published in 1920, by the early twentieth century master of ghostery. - Summary by david wales Author - M. R. James. Narrator - David Wales. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Here are two terrifying and sobering stories of ghosts who will stop at nothing!"The Romance of Certain Old Clothes"Which did she really want: her sister's husband, or her sister's trousseau? Will her desires cost her her life? In this story by the...

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who wrote as M. R. James, was an English author, medieval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College.He is best known for his outstanding ghost stories. James reinvented the ghost story for...