This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story Number 13. Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.
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"M.R. James was known to me as the editor and translator of the Oxford editon of the Apocryphal New Testament. Finding ghost stories by such a scholar was intriguing and the reading of them was quite pleasant. " — Erik (4 out of 5 stars)
"M.R. James was known to me as the editor and translator of the Oxford editon of the Apocryphal New Testament. Finding ghost stories by such a scholar was intriguing and the reading of them was quite pleasant. "
" I've always loved ghost stories. I'm enjoying this book so far.I really enjoyed this book. I think the fact that is was short stories helped "
" 1.5 stars. The title looked promising but the prose quality was disappointing or light. The antiquarian themes and silly humor will keep me coming back for more though. "
" Only listened to a few chapters, but it was so boring! It could have been the person that was reading it, though. No inflection in their voice. "
" First read when I was ten years old. Re-read many times. if you want to read the best of ghost stories, read this collection. "
" One of the great classic collections of gothic literature. Still with the ability to chill. "
" M.R. James just writes the best ghost stories. Great historical details, great foreshadowing, fussy narrators, and his ghosts are so physical, threatening, and unexplained. "
" It's October. Shouldn't everyone be reading M.R. James, one of the all-time Masters of ghost-story telling? Update: just kept being reminded how much I love James. "
" These are actually rather scary. And several of them concern medieval things, as is proper from a great medievalist. "
" This book taught me to always -- I mean never -- pick up a strange whistle when I find it in a Templar ruin by the sea. "
" 12 of the least scary "ghost" stories you will ever read. "
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