{"product_id":"2940012401564","title":"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary","description":"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume. \u003cbr\u003eMontague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions. \u003cbr\u003eContents include:\u003cbr\u003ePART 1: GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY\u003cbr\u003e  Canon Alberic's Scrap-book\u003cbr\u003e  Lost Hearts\u003cbr\u003e  The Mezzotint\u003cbr\u003e  The Ash-tree\u003cbr\u003e  Number 13\u003cbr\u003e  Count Magnus\u003cbr\u003e  'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'\u003cbr\u003e  The Treasure of Abbot Thomas\u003cbr\u003ePART 2: MORE GHOST STORIES\u003cbr\u003e  A School Story\u003cbr\u003e  The Rose Garden\u003cbr\u003e  The Tractate Middoth\u003cbr\u003e  Casting the Runes\u003cbr\u003e  The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral\u003cbr\u003e  Martin's Close\u003cbr\u003e  Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance","brand":"JC PUB NETWORKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174070862064,"sku":"2940012401564","price":1.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012401564_p0.jpg?v=1763568214","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012401564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}