The only annotated edition of M R James's writings currently available Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James's ghost stories Ghost Stories of an Antiquary & More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition & the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre Included in this collection are such landmark tales as Count Magnus set in the wilds of Sweden; Number 13 a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; Casting the Runes a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; & Oh Whistle & I'll Come to You My Lad one of the most frightening tales in literature The appendix
Includes:: several rare texts including A Night in King's College Chapel James's first known ghost story