{"product_id":"the-ghost-stories-of-m-r-james-hardcover","title":"The Ghost Stories of M.R. James - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. R. James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoger Luckhurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Stories of M.R. James \u003c\/i\u003ecollects the tales that best illustrate the author's quiet mastery of the ghost story form. Running through each of these stories is a slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. James' characters exist in a world of ancient objects whose atrocious histories begin to repeat when they are disturbed, and the blinkered repression common to James' narratives only amplifies the shock of the spectral appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.R. James\u003c\/b\u003e (1862-1936) was an English medievalist scholar best remembered as the author of many of the finest ghost stories in the English language. \u003cb\u003eRoger Luckhurst \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of modern literature whose books include\u003ci\u003e Late Victorian Gothic Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZombies: A Cultural History, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as books on \u003ci\u003eThe Shining \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e for the BFI Film Classics series. He has also edited several of the Oxford World's Classics, including H. G. Wells' \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to writing for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53965863190861,"sku":"9780712352505","price":36.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/U1FaWXhoVktJV3dVNWgzN1ZjQ1NPQT09.webp?v=1779493544","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-ghost-stories-of-m-r-james-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}