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

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