Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
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)
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Preface to Vol. 1 and Canon Alberic | Peter Yearsley |
00:34:35 |
| Play 02 | Lost Hearts | Peter Yearsley |
00:27:08 |
| Play 03 | The Mezzotint | Peter Yearsley |
00:30:59 |
| Play 04 | The Ash-Tree | Peter Yearsley |
00:35:07 |
| Play 05 | Number 13 | Peter Yearsley |
00:40:12 |
| Play 06 | Count Magnus | Peter Yearsley |
00:36:57 |
| Play 07 | Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad | Peter Yearsley |
00:49:52 |
| Play 08 | The Treasure of Abbot Thomas | Peter Yearsley |
00:50:01 |
| Play 09 | Preface to Vol. 2 and A School Story | Peter Yearsley |
00:18:50 |
| Play 10 | The Rose Garden | Peter Yearsley |
00:28:49 |
| Play 11 | The Tractate Middoth | Peter Yearsley |
00:43:05 |
| Play 12 | Casting the Runes | Peter Yearsley |
00:53:52 |
| Play 13 | The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral | Peter Yearsley |
00:40:12 |
| Play 14 | Martin’s Close | Peter Yearsley |
00:49:06 |
| Play 15 | Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance – Part One | Peter Yearsley |
00:29:27 |
| Play 16 | Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance – Part Two | Peter Yearsley |
00:38:27 |