A Thin Ghost and Others: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Thin Ghost and Others, credited to M. R. James, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Thin Ghost and Others by M. R. James. Read in English by Peter Yearsley. A collection of short stories involving the supernatural. This is the fourth collection of ghost stories published by the author - following Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. Notes: The Latin phrase "Ibi cubavit lamia" can be translated as "There the vampire lay". A "bedstaff" is a wooden pole at the side of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping off the bed. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Thin Ghost and Others
• Author credits: M. R. James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:59:48

Catalogue topics

• horror
• supernatural

Track guide

1. 01 - The residence at Whitminster — 58:56
2. 02 - The diary of Mr. Poynter — 26:56
3. 03 - An episode of cathedral history — 40:12
4. 04 - The story of a disappearance and an appearance — 32:44
5. 05 - Two doctors — 21:00

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