М. Р. Джеймс - аудиокниги

A visitor to Seaburgh is fascinated by the local legend of an Anglo-Saxon crown buried nearby, guarding against invaders. He follows the clues to see where they lead, but soon finds himself wishing he'd left well alone...

Professor Parkins is not superstitious. So when he digs up an old whistle while investigating the site of some ancient ruins, he is not afraid to blow it. He would have been wiser to take heed of the cryptic inscriptions...

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.

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.

"Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance" by Montague Rhodes James. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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.

Рассказы М. Р. Джеймса — не только канон «литературы ужасов», но и классика мировой словесности; не только сообщения о странных и жутких событиях, но и летопись быта и нравов начала двадцатого столетия, напряженного и тревожного периода европейской истории. Здесь древние призраки сталкиваются с первыми грозными шагами технического прогресса, проклятье настигает похитителей старинных диковин, а царство сверхъестественного готово распахнуть свои врата каждому, кто переборет свой страх…

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.

‘Are you awake, Count Magnus? Are you asleep, Count Magnus?’ While travelling in Sweden, Mr. Wraxall becomes fascinated by the legend surrounding Count Magnus De la Gardie, a nobleman of evil memory. He soon regrets his curiosity...

Монтегю Родс Джеймс — крупнейший в мировой литературе автор «рассказов о привидениях». Историк средневековья и английской культуры, он сформировал канон «ghost story» и создал самые блестящие образцы в этом жанре. Наследием писателя восторгались Лавкрафт и Борхес, а первые экранизации его текстов относятся к середине прошлого века. Тайны старинных усадеб, загадочные послания из мира мертвых, зашифрованные древние знания — вот главные темы рассказов М. Р. Джеймса, виртуозного маэстро ужаса…

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and he is seen as the founder of the 'antiquarian ghost story'. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions with a brand new introductory biography of the author.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Lost Hearts'. 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 '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.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A School Story'. 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.

"An Evening's Entertainment" is a short story from M. R. James' 1925 collection, A Warning to the Curious. The tale concerns a number of strange goings-on in an otherwise quiet, English village.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A View From A Hill'. 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.

1925 год. Время перемен. СССР стремительно растёт, открывается Артек. Гинденбург становится президентом Германии. А писатели того времени пишут множество рассказов в самых разных жанрах. Отмотаем время на сто лет назад. Глубина покажет, что писали в 1925-м Кристи, Честертон и другие...

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard'. 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.