Ghost Stories of an Antiquary: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, credited to Montague Rhodes James, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox public domain recording of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions. "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" was written as two collections, presented here as two volumes in a single work. There is a short author's preface before the first story in each volume. (Summary by Peter Yearsley) Read by Peter Yearsley. CD booklet Album ArtCD booklet Album Art For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
• Author credits: Montague Rhodes James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 10:06:39

Catalogue topics

• ghost stories

Track guide

1. Preface to Vol. 1 and Canon Alberic — 34:36
2. Lost Hearts — 27:09
3. The Mezzotint — 31:00
4. The Ash-Tree — 35:08
5. Number 13 — 40:13
6. Count Magnus — 36:58
7. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad — 49:53
8. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas — 50:02
9. Preface to Vol. 2 and A School Story — 18:51
10. The Rose Garden — 28:50
11. The Tractate Middoth — 43:06
12. Casting the Runes — 53:53
13. The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral — 40:12
14. Martin's Close — 49:06
15. Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance - Part One — 29:28
16. Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance - Part Two — 38:28

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