Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book
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'The lower jaw was thin - what can I call it? - shallow, like a beast's; teeth showed behind the black lips...' M. R. James is the master of the English ghost story, whose tales are inhabited not by ethereal spirits, but by terrifying, palpable forces of evil. In these four stories figures appear in paintings, demonic voices are heard, books awaken ancient horrors - and ordinary objects and situations are transformed into inescapable nightmares. This book includes Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, The Mezzotint, The Rose Garden and The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral.
About the Author
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) is one of the originators and most influential writers of supernatural fiction. Among his many honors was the Order of Merit, bestowed upon him by King George V in 1930.
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Actually I expected more of this book. The "ghost stories" were extraordinary but personally, I didn't like the style in which they were written. I really am a fan of slow stories, also of slow creepy stories (Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of my favorites and you can't say Dracula is a very fast adventurous vampire) ;) but somehow these just weren't so much my taste. Maybe reading them on the train is one of the reasons, I don't know.
Description
'The lower jaw was thin - what can I call it? - shallow, like a beast's; teeth showed behind the black lips...' M. R. James is the master of the English ghost story, whose tales are inhabited not by ethereal spirits, but by terrifying, palpable forces of evil. In these four stories figures appear in paintings, demonic voices are heard, books awaken ancient horrors - and ordinary objects and situations are transformed into inescapable nightmares. This book includes Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, The Mezzotint, The Rose Garden and The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral.
About the Author
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) is one of the originators and most influential writers of supernatural fiction. Among his many honors was the Order of Merit, bestowed upon him by King George V in 1930.
Book Information
Posts
Actually I expected more of this book. The "ghost stories" were extraordinary but personally, I didn't like the style in which they were written. I really am a fan of slow stories, also of slow creepy stories (Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of my favorites and you can't say Dracula is a very fast adventurous vampire) ;) but somehow these just weren't so much my taste. Maybe reading them on the train is one of the reasons, I don't know.