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Delphi Complete Works of M. R. James (Illustrated)

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M. R. James entirely redefined the ghost story for the modern reader. Abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors, he chose instead realistic contemporary settings, whilst blending his esoteric interest in antiquarian subjects to fashion his own inimitable tales of horror. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics presents the complete fictional works of M. R. James, as well offering every published work that James produced for the general reader. This comprehensive eBook offers numerous illustrations, informative introductions, rare texts and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to James’ life and works

* Concise introductions to the short story collections and other texts

* ALL the story collections, with individual contents tables

* Includes rare uncollected ghost stories often missed out of collections

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Famous works such as GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the ghost stories

* Easily locate the short stories you want to read

* All of James’ translations of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories

* Many rare non fiction works appear here for the first time in digital publishing history

* Even includes the two rare guide books written by James – first time in digital print

* Includes James’ rare memoir – explore the author’s personal experiences

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Short Story Collections

GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY

MORE GHOST STORIES

A THIN GHOST AND OTHERS

A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS AND OTHER GHOST STORIES

THE COLLECTED GHOST STORIES OF M. R. JAMES

UNCOLLECTED STORIES

The Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Children’s Books

THE FIVE JARS

FORTY-TWO STORIES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

The Non-Fiction

HENRY THE SIXTH: A REPRINT OF JOHN BLACMAN’S MEMOIR

THE WANDERINGS AND HOMES OF MANUSCRIPTS HELPS FOR STUDENTS OF HISTORY

OLD TESTAMENT LEGENDS

PROLOGUE TO LE FANU’S MADAM CROWL’S GHOST AND OTHER TALES OF MYSTERY

THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT

INTRODUCTION TO ‘GHOSTS AND MARVELS’ (1924)

SOME REMARKS ON GHOST STORIES

GHOSTS — TREAT THEM GENTLY!

The Guidebooks

ABBEYS

SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK

The Memoir

ETON AND KING’S: RECOLLECTIONS, MOSTLY TRIVIAL, 1875-1925

Contents Of The Us Version:

Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, later stories and some non-fiction works are not included.

The Short Story Collections

GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY

MORE GHOST STORIES

A THIN GHOST AND OTHERS

A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS AND OTHER GHOST STORIES

The Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Children’s Novella

THE FIVE JARS

The Non-Fiction

HENRY THE SIXTH: A REPRINT OF JOHN BLACMAN’S MEMOIR

THE WANDERINGS AND HOMES OF MANUSCRIPTS HELPS FOR STUDENTS OF HISTORY

OLD TESTAMENT LEGENDS

PROLOGUE TO LE FANU’S MADAM CROWL’S GHOST AND OTHER TALES OF MYSTERY

The Guidebooks

ABBEYS

SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK

The Memoir

ETON AND KING’S: RECOLLECTIONS, MOSTLY TRIVIAL, 1875-1925

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Format:

  • E-Book

Dauer:

  • ‱ 1779 seiten

Sprache:

Englisch

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