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M. R. James

M. R. James Biography

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M.R. James, whose full name is Montague Rhodes James, was an English author known for his Gothic novels and horror stories. His works are often set against a historical backdrop and are filled with elements of mystery and horror. James was born on August 1, 1862, and died on June 12, 1936.

M.R. James, whose full name is Montague Rhodes James, was an English author known for his Gothic novels and horror stories. His works are often set against a historical backdrop and are filled with elements of mystery and horror. James was born on August 1, 1862, and died on June 12, 1936.

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“A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical: it will never put the reader into the position of saying to himself: "If I'm not careful, something of this kind may happen to me!”

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Book:Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

Source: Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

“Yes, I definitely prefer the daylight population of the playing fields to that which comes there after dark.”

Dark Fields Population Daylight Playing Fields

Author:M. R. James

“Do I believe in ghosts?...I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me.”

Ifs Believe I Believe Accepting Evidence Prepared I Believe In Ghost

Book:Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

Source: Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

“I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again.”

Ifs Able Night Sleep Forget Laughing Heard Cry Scary Halloween Happy Halloween Scary Halloween Halloween Night

Book:Collected Ghost Stories

Source: Collected Ghost Stories

“Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence conduces to effect, blatancy ruins it.”

May Sound Views Effects Point Of View Doctrine Ruins Artistic Elderly Reticence

Book:Collected Ghost Stories

Source: Collected Ghost Stories

“If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over a dying fire in the small hours, my purpose in writing them will have been attained.”

Ifs Feels Writing Has Beens Stories Purpose Hours Fire Dying Reader Walking Succeed Sitting Uncomfortable Solitary Nightfall

Book:Collected Ghost Stories

Source: Collected Ghost Stories

About the Author

Born: August 1, 1862
Died: June 12, 1936
Known for: Author
Quotes: 6

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