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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume. Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a paleographer and medievalist 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. By contrast to the gothic tales of predecessors, James's 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. His tales can thus be said to have derived the subgenre of the antiquarian ghost story.

A British traveler in a little, countryside village in the South of France explores a historical document with a peculiar diagram at the end of the book. A minor who is left alone is taken to the house of his aged cousin, a surreptitious man who is fixated with endless life. A photo that narrates tales and varies conferring to who perceives it. These and other delectable, cold creep inducing stories form Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague R James. An expert of such genre, MR James was a scholar and head of King's College, Cambridge and thereafter at Eton. His spooky narratives are exemplary in their refinement and the pure terror they offer after a moment you have completed reading the tales. He also provided a modern insight to the hackneyed eerie tales of the Victorian Gothic classification and applied a much more genuine and plausible strategies and backgrounds. Many of his tales are from materials that he himself was fond of such as antedated tomes and documents, antique homes and ancient times. Montague Rhodes James OM FBA, who wrote using the appellation M. R. James, was a British writer, medievalist academic and director of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton College. Although James's compositions as a medievalist remains to be greatly recognized, he is mostly commemorated for his spooky tales, which are considered as one of the finest in the category. James reconstrued the horrific genre for the modern world by leaving some of the strict Gothic cants of his antecedents and made use of a much truthful novelty backdrops. Yet, his heroes and storylines are somewhat outlined with his particular archaic fascinations. Concurringly, he is acknowledged as the creator of the "antiquarian ghost story". James is known well for his phantom tales, but his writing as a medievalist erudite was phenomenal and continues to be widely appreciated in academic affiliations.

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How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes JamesGhost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of Montague Rhodes James first collection of ghost stories. Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a paleographer and medievalist 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. By contrast to the gothic tales of predecessors, James's 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. His tales can thus be said to have derived the subgenre of the antiquarian ghost story. Plot Summary: Two men in a smoking-room were talking of their private-school days. At our school, one said, we had a ghost's footmark on the staircase. What was it like? Oh very unconvincing. Just the shape of a shoe with a square toe if I remember right.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is M.R. James' first collection of ghost stories. The stories are unique due to the use of rural settings where the protagonist has to deal with supernatural forces. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is perhaps the most famous collection of ghost stories ever written. M.R. James was an English author and medievalist scholar. James contributions as a scholar were considerable but he is now best remembered for his innovative ghost stories where he used much more realistic settings than some of his predecessors.