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M. R. James

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Montague Rhodes James OM FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15).

James's work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".

M. R. James Books

Short Fiction book cover

Short Fiction

M. R. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary book cover

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James
Spectral Tales book cover

Spectral Tales

M. R. James
Ghosts of Christmas Past book cover

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Neil Gaiman
Ghostly Tales book cover

Ghostly Tales

M. R. James
The Creature on the Moonlit Road book cover

The Creature on the Moonlit Road

M. R. James
The Haunted Dolls' House book cover

The Haunted Dolls' House

M. R. James
The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten book cover

The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten

Judika Illes
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - A Collection of Ghostly Tales (Fantasy and Horror Classics) book cover

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - A Collection of Ghostly Tales (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

M. R. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary book cover

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James
The Bowhunter's Field Manual book cover

The Bowhunter's Field Manual

Judd Cooney
Mammoth Books presents That Haunted Feeling book cover

Mammoth Books presents That Haunted Feeling

Barbara Roden
The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told book cover

The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told

Stephen Brennan
The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) book cover

The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

M. R. James
Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories book cover

Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories

M. R. James
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