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Montague Rhodes James

1 Aug 1862 - 12 Jun 1936

Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18), and of Eton College (1918–36). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15).

Though James's work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some regard as among the best in the genre. James 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, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".

Source: M. R. James on Wikipedia.

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  • Cover of: Ghost stories of an antiquary

    First published in 1904 64 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition ghoststoriesofan0000jame_b2p4 Cover of edition ghoststoriesofan0000jame_e2y8 Cover of edition ghoststoriesofan0000unse Cover of edition ghoststoriesofan0000jame Cover of edition ghoststoriesofan0000jame_j0e6 Cover of edition ghoststoriesanti00jame
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  • Cover of: thin ghost and others.

    First published in 1919 23 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition athinghostandot00jamegoog Cover of edition thinghostothers0000jame Cover of edition thinghostothers00jame
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  • Cover of: Old Testament legends: being stories out of some of the less-known apocryphal books of the Old Testament

    First published in 1913 17 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition oldtestamentlege01jame Cover of edition oldtestamentleg00jamegoog
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  • Cover of: Collected ghost stories

    First published in 1931 15 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition collectedghostst0000jame Cover of edition collectedghostst00jame
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  • Cover of: The best ghost stories

    First published in 1919 14 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ghost stories

    First published in 1925 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition warningtocurious0000jame Cover of edition warningtocurious00jame
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  • Cover of: The Dark Descent

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  • Cover of: More ghost stories of an antiquary

    First published in 1911 11 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The five jars.

    First published in 1922 11 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition fivejars00jame2 Cover of edition fivejars00jame
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    First published in 1842 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Great Short stories of the World

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  • Cover of: Ghost storiesof M. R. James

    First published in 1973 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition ghoststoriesofmr00jame Cover of edition ghoststoriesofmr0000jame
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  • Cover of: The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Volume 3: A Descriptive Catalogue

    First published in 1902 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition westernmanuscri03librgoog Cover of edition westernmanuscrip00jame_518
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  • Cover of: The Apocryphal New Testament, being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses, with other narratives and fragments

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  • Cover of: Classic Ghost Stories

    First published in 2003 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition classicghoststor0000unse_a6j6
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  • Cover of: Casting the runes, and other ghost stories

    First published in 1987 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition castingrunesothe00mrja
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  • Cover of: The Penguin complete ghost stories of M.R. James.

    First published in 1984 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1973 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

    First published in 1984 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
English Ghost stories, Fiction, Ghost stories, American Horror tales, Horror tales, Children's fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), Manuscripts, short stories, Horror stories, Short stories, American literature, Catalogs, History, horror, Classic Literature, English Horror tales, Horror, short story, Bowhunting, Criticism, interpretation, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, ghost, Fiction, horror, Ghosts
Places
Great Britain, Cambridge, England, Eton College, Jamaica, London, New England, Toledo, Alabama, Baker Street, Bury Saint Edmunds (England), Calcutta, Dublin, Falmouth, Illinois, India, Ireland, Jefferson, Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North America, Owl Creek Bridge, Salem Village
People
John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Billy Weaver, Carlos, Christopher Mulholland, Father Time, Gregory W. Temple, Hugh Morgan, M. R. James (1862-1936), William Harker, A. Hamilton Thompson (1873-1952), Alban Saint (-304?), Archie, Berenice, Bill Hutchinson, Booth, Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Duncan Ross, Egaeus, Emily Grierson, Ernest Valdemar, Ethelred, Faith Brown, Fortunato
Time
400-1400, Medieval, 1600s, 1861-65, 1880 - 1912, 1889, 1890, 19th century, Antebellum era, To 400, carnival

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March 17, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
December 4, 2021 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
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