{"product_id":"count-magnus-and-other-ghost-stories-hardcover","title":"Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. R. James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe only annotated edition of M. R. James's writings currently available\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCount Magnus and Other Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e contains the entire first two volumes of James's ghost stories, \u003ci\u003eGhost Stories of an Antiquary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMore Ghost Stories of an Antiquary\u003c\/i\u003e. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and 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; and \"Oh, Whistle, and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMontague Rhodes James\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. T. Joshi \u003c\/b\u003eis a freelance writer and editor. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecraft's \u003cb\u003eThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories\u003c\/b\u003e (1999), and \u003cb\u003eThe Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories\u003c\/b\u003e (2001), as well as Algernon Blackwood's \u003cb\u003eAncient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories\u003c\/b\u003e (2002). Among his critical and biographical studies are \u003cb\u003eThe Weird Tale\u003c\/b\u003e (1990), \u003cb\u003eLord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination\u003c\/b\u003e (1995), \u003cb\u003eH. P. Lovecraft: A Life\u003c\/b\u003e (1996), and \u003cb\u003eThe Modern Weird Tale\u003c\/b\u003e (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume \u003cb\u003eEncyclopedia of Supernatural Literature\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47419171176626,"sku":"9781731702197","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fa5e47d50a9df96377ff667beaa91fce.webp?v=1778470044","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/count-magnus-and-other-ghost-stories-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}