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''Still as the night was, the mysterious population of the distant moonlit woods was not yet lulled to rest''

The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M. R. James achieves to perfection in these wonderful stories. His most atmospheric settings include English country houses and gardens, the north end of the churchyard, the yew-maze in ''Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance'' and the unforgettable train journey in ''Casting the Runes''. To each of these stories he brings an eye for the telling detail, an imaginative twist and a narrative tone that is, at least to begin with, urbane and reassuring ...

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A Paperback / softback by M. R. James

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 07/06/2018
    ISBN13: 9780241341629, 978-0241341629
    ISBN10: 0241341620
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    Horror & Ghost Stories

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''Still as the night was, the mysterious population of the distant moonlit woods was not yet lulled to rest''

    The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M. R. James achieves to perfection in these wonderful stories. His most atmospheric settings include English country houses and gardens, the north end of the churchyard, the yew-maze in ''Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance'' and the unforgettable train journey in ''Casting the Runes''. To each of these stories he brings an eye for the telling detail, an imaginative twist and a narrative tone that is, at least to begin with, urbane and reassuring ...

    The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

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