Ghosts

A high-pitched laugh echoes in an empty church. Servants discover their master dead in his bed, the only sign of disturbance an open window. The coffin of a woman hanged as a witch is found to be empty. A bed that hasn''t been slept in is crumpled and distressed come the morning. A skeletal figure creeps closer and closer to the house where an unsuspecting family lie sleeping. In these chilling tales of the supernatural, M. R. James proves he truly is the master of the ghost story. Selected from the book Ghost Stories by M.R. James VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world''s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Drinking by John Cheever Summer by Laurie Lee Friendship by Rose Tremain Love by Jeanette Winterson

Product details

• Authors: M R James, M. R. James, M.R. James
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2018
• EAN: 9781784874483
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-448-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Vintage Minis; Vintage Minis
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, FICTION / Ghost, Classic horror and ghost stories