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Description

This selection of twenty-one short stories by M.R. James--a first-class writer of supernatural fiction--represents his best work, including "Count Magnus," "The Rose Garden," "The Uncommon Prayer-book," "Rats," "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," and "A Vignette," as well as the title story.

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First Sentence

S. BERTRAND DE COMMINGES is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagneres-de-Luchon.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Michael Cox (Author)
  2. M. R. James

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  1. 2005
  2. classic
  3. ghost stories
  4. gothic
  5. horror
  6. m. r. james 
 

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