Лучшие книги Монтегю Родса Джеймса

В книгу вошли лучшие произведения классика английской готической прозы, исселедователя культуры средневековья М. Р. Джеймса (1862 - 1936). Рассказы выдержаны в традиционном "викторианском" ключе - действие происходит в старой доброй Англии, а героями историй неизменно выступают добропорядочные английские леди, джентльмены и... привидения.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Мир знаменитого мистика Монтегю Роудс Джеймса населен призраками, они бродят по лесам, оглашая окрестности горькими стенаниями, перелистывают загадочные молитвенники в старых соборах, разыгрывают ужасные сцены смертоубийства в кукольном доме, являются, чтобы отомстить мерзкому колдуну, одушевляют древние предметы… Неиссякаемая фантазия автора, его любовь к страшному и ужасному, удивительным образом сочетающаяся с чисто английским юмором, заставят читателя с головой погрузиться в придуманные им истории.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A Warning to the Curious'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. 'Casting the Runes' is one of his most famous tales, and was adapted into a film in 1958. Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Это - Монтегю Джеймс. Не просто один из родоначальников классической "литературы ужасов", но - истинный аристократ "черного жанра", один из немногих мастеров готической прозы - прозы, совместившей в себе неподдельность мистического Кошмара обреченности - и блистательную изысканность отточенной формы. Это - рассказы о призраках роскошных старинных особняков и тенях, таящихся в лабиринтах заглохших парков, о таинственных портретах, источающих дьявольскую силу, и прекрасных гравюрах, несущих демонический соблазн. Это - Тьма не отвращающая, а притягивающая. Тьма, манящая броситься в ее бездну...

«Рассказы о привидениях» («ghost stories») — литературный жанр, известный с древнейших времён. Истории о призраках можно найти в книгах античных писателей, в устных народных сказаниях и даже в свитках Древнего Египта. Вполне вероятно, что существование привидений смущало и увлекало человека во времена, когда письменность ещё не была изобретена. Английский писатель и историк Монтегю Родс Джеймс посвятил этому жанру все свои художественные произведения, став крупнейшим мастером «рассказов о привидениях». Его творчеством восхищались Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт, Кларк Эштон Смит, Хорхе Луис Борхес и Стивен Кинг. Многие его рассказы были экранизированы, а имя автора неизменно появляется во всех списках наиболее значимых писателей, творивших в жанре мистики. В настоящее издание вошли избранные рассказы о привидениях М. Р. Джеймса, каждый из которых представляет собой безусловный шедевр малой прозы.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Mezzotint'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story". James was born in Goodnestone Parsonage, near Dover in Kent, England, although his parents had associations with Aldeburgh in Suffolk. From the age of three (1865) until 1909 his home, if not always his residence, was at the Rectory in Great Livermere, Suffolk. This had also been the childhood home of another eminent Suffolk antiquary, "Honest Tom" Martin (1696–1771) "of Palgrave." Several of his ghost stories are set in Suffolk, including "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" (Felixstowe), "A Warning to the Curious" (Aldeburgh), "Rats" and "A Vignette" (Great Livermere). He lived for many years, first as an undergraduate, then as a don and provost, at King's College, Cambridge, where he was also a member of the Pitt Club. The university provides settings for several of his tales. Apart from medieval subjects, James studied the classics and appeared very successfully in a staging of Aristophanes' play The Birds, with music by Hubert Parry. His ability as an actor was also apparent when he read his new ghost stories to friends at Christmas time. In September 1873 he arrived as a boarder at Temple Grove School, one of the leading boys' preparatory schools of the day. James is best known for his ghost stories, but his work as a medievalist scholar was prodigious and remains highly respected in scholarly circles. Indeed, the success of his stories was founded on his antiquarian talents and knowledge. His discovery of a manuscript fragment led to excavations in the ruins of the abbey at Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, in 1902, in which the graves of several twelfth-century abbots described by Jocelyn de Brakelond (a contemporary chronicler) were rediscovered, having been lost since the Dissolution. His 1917 edition of the Latin Lives of Saint Aethelberht, king and martyr (English Historical Review 32), remains authoritative. He catalogued many of the manuscript libraries of the Cambridge colleges. Among his other scholarly works, he wrote The Apocalypse in Art, which placed illuminated Apocalypse manuscripts into families. He also translated the New Testament Apocrypha and contributed to the Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903). His ability to wear his learning lightly is apparent in his Suffolk and Norfolk (Dent, 1930), in which a great deal of knowledge is presented in a popular and accessible form, and in Abbeys (Great Western Railway, 1925). James also achieved a great deal during his directorship of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (1893–1908). He managed to secure a large number of important paintings and manuscripts, including notable portraits by Titian. James was Provost of Eton College from 1918 to 1936. He died in 1936 and was buried in Eton town cemetery.

Английский писатель, историк, специалист по средневековью, ректор Королевского колледжа в Кембридже - М. Р. Джеймс вошел в историю мировой литературы, как признанный классик и крупнейший мастер «историй о привидениях». В числе авторов, считавших себя последователями Джеймса – Говард Лавкрафт, Кларк Эштон Смит и Стивен Кинг. Высокого мнения о мастерстве Джеймса был и Хорхе Луис Борхес.
В сборнике «Ты свистни, тебя не заставлю я ждать» вас ждут два таинственных и жутких рассказа мастера о загадочном свистке и странном лабиринте.

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This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Ash-Tree'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Count Magnus'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Residence at Whitminster'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Открыв эту книгу, читатель познакомится с творчеством замечательного английского писателя М.Р.Джеймса, мастера прелюбопытного жанра - "рассказа с привидением". Читайте - не пожалеете! Распутывайте притягательный "причудливый и зловещий узор, вытканный на холсте заурядного и повседневного".

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Rats'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Пять коротких рассказов - Room 13, The Whistle, The Message of Death, The Maze и The Lost Crowns of Anglia - доставят удовольствие тем, кто насладился чтением других мистических, полных ужаса, историй, представленных в данной серии.