内容简介
EachvolumeintheCollector'sLibraryserieshasaspeciallycommissionedAfterword,briefbiographyoftheauthorandafurtherreadinglist.TheAfterwordforthisfirstcollectededitionofM.R.James'sCompleteGhostStoriesisbythewell-knowncrimewriterandeminentSherlockian,DavidStuartDavies.ThisistheonlycompleteeditioninprintanditcontainsthreefurtherstorieswrittenafterpublicationofM.R.James'sCollectedGhostStories:TheExperiment,TheMaliceofInanimateObjectsandAVignette.
作者简介
MontagueRhodesJames,OM,MA,(1August1862–12June1936),whousedthepublicationnameM.R.James,wasanEnglishmediaevalscholarandprovostofKing'sCollege,Cambridge(1905–1918)andofEtonCollege(1918–1936).HeisbestrememberedforhisghoststorieswhicharewidelyregardedasamongthefinestinEnglishliterature.OneofJames'smostimportantachievementswastoredefinetheghoststoryforthenewcenturybydispensingwithmanyoftheformalGothictrappingsofhispredecessors,andreplacingthemwithmorerealisticcontemporarysettings.Atthesametime,James'sprotagonistsandplotstend—likehimself—tobeabsorbedwithantiquarianism.Assuch,heisknownastheoriginatorofthe"antiquarianghoststory".