Publisher's Synopsis
THE GOTHIC CLASSIC Classic ghost stories from the pen of the undisputed master of the Victorian macabre, M.R. James. Many of these tales were written to be read aloud in the tradition of ghost stories at Christmas and a number have been adapted for television and film. Canon Alberic's Scrap-book Lost Hearts The Mezzotint The Ash-Tree Number 13 Count Magnus 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' The Treasure of Abbot Thomas A School Story The Rose Garden The Tractate Middoth Casting the Runes The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral Martin's Close Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance
