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A Thin Ghost and Others
M. R. James
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"Mary," he said, as he seated himself at the breakfast table and laid down something hard and shiny on the cloth, "here's a find which the boy made just now. You'll be sharper than I if you can guess what it's meant for." It was a round and perfectly smooth tablet—as much as an inch thick—of what seemed clear glass. "It is rather attractive at all events," said Mary:[Pg 21] she was a fair woman, with light hair and large eyes, rather a devotee of literature. "Yes," said her uncle, "I thought you'd be pleased with it. I presume it came from the house: it turned up in the rubbish-heap in the corner." "I'm not sure that I do like it, after all," said Mary, some minutes later. "Why in the world not, my dear?" "I don't know, I'm sure. Perhaps it's only fancy." "Yes, only fancy and romance, of course. What's that book, now—the name of that book, I mean, that you had your head in all yeste. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
M.R. James, uno de los maestros de las ghost stories, tenía tres normas esenciales que todo relato de fantasmas debía cumplir:
- La historia debe tener lugar en un entorno afín al lector.
- Los fenómenos espectrales has de ser malévolos, es decir, la historia tiene que provocar miedo.
- La trama ha de
Lean "Ratas"... sólo eso.
Muahahahah...
Luego hablamos.
Ahora se de donde sacó Lovecraft su forma de escribir y muchos de sus motivos literarios.
"Horror cósmico"... te quiero más que antes.
Searching por más cuentos y obras de M.R. James.
4 estrellas de 5...altamente recomendable.
Review from Badelynge
M.R. James' third collection of superb ghost stories was published just after the first world war. The first three stories are as chilling as ever. What can beat the visceral chill of thinking you are safe in bed when your dangling hand touches something that is other in the dar
I first read this slim book of ghost tales ten years ago, and, as a great admirer of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, was initially disappointed in these five tales. I took them for weak imitations of James' earlier triumphs, their potential power dissipated by Dickensian humor, unwelcome digressions,
Very creepy old stories.
Of this short collection (my first, but certainly not my last, dip into M. R. James’ ghost stories), the creepiest for me was definitely The Diary of Mr. Poynter, which although unimaginably titled still makes me shudder. (Although I had to laugh when I read that James suggests that when reading his
Las historias de M R James tienen la honestidad de la oralidad, cosa curiosa y perdida en un género que parece necesitar de rincones, esquinas y grandes postes para poder beber originalidad. Esta es una lectura que recomiendo, no solo a fans de la fantasmagoriana, sino a cualquiera que vea valor en
These stories seem like a continuation of "Green Tea" by J.S. LaFanu.