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Complete Ghost Stories

by M.R. James · 1936

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The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one and Montague Rhodes James was a master of it. This volume contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales.

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of thisparanormalparanormalMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1930s1930sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
creepycreepyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 362 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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