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Casting the runes : & other classic stories of the supernatural

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Running Time: 09:30 hrs

Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Justine Eyre, Stefan Rudnicki

Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing, 2019

Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

Author: Jacobs, W. W.; Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan; Crawford, F. Marion; Hichens, Robert; James, M. R.

Contributor: Rudnicki, Stefan; Boehmer, Paul; De Cuir, Gabrielle; Eyre, Justine

Edition: Unabridged

Date:

Created
2019

Summary:
As a Cambridge medieval scholar, Montague Rhodes James was steeped in the esoteric lore of the Middle Ages, and he applied that scholarship to his stories. This collection also includes four stories not by James to place his work in the context of his contemporaries.
Contents:
- Casting the runes / M. R. James
- Wailing well / M. R. James
- Rats / M. R. James
- Mezzotint / M. R. James
- Count Magnus / M. R. James
- Number 13 / M. R. James
- Oh, whistle and I'll Come / M. R. James
- The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs
- Green tea / Sheridan Le Fanu
- The screaming skull / F. Marion Crawford
- How love came to Professor Guildea / Robert Hichens.
Genre:
Paranormal fiction, Horror fiction, Fantasy fiction

Subject(s): FICTION / Fantasy / Paranormal | FICTION / Ghost | FICTION / Horror | FICTION / Occult & Supernatural | Ghost stories | Paranormal fiction

Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon], Blackstone Publishing

Language(s): English

ISBN: 9781094057750, 1094057754, 9781094057767, 1094057762

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