name: M.R. James
birth_date: 1862-08-01 00:00:00
death_date: 1936-06-12 00:00:00
genres: Religion, Short Stories, Mystery & Thrillers
avg_rating: 3.87
ratings_count: 67835
about: Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M.R. James, was a noted English mediaeval scholar &amp; provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18) &amp; of Eton College (1918–36). He's best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.M.R.^James Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M.R. James, was a noted English mediaeval scholar &amp; provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18) &amp; of Eton College (1918–36). He's best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature. One of James' most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.M.R.^James ...more