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Collected Ghost Stories

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  • 1931 first published
  • 418 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (4 ratings)
  • 15 editions
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Published in 1931, Collected Ghost Stories is a ghost story and horror story collection by Montague Rhodes James. The story is set in Great Britain. Key subjects include ghosts, Victorian, Evil and Hunting.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 53 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions.

At about 418 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Collected Ghost Stories

Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, James's stories draw on the terrors of the everyday. Documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Ghost stories
  • English ghost stories
  • Horror stories
  • Ghosts
  • Victorian
  • Stories
  • Evil
  • Hunting
  • Religious
  • Unsetteling
  • Horror
  • Ghost
  • Short stories, Single author
  • Gespenstergeschichte
  • Kurzgeschichte
  • Englisch

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Quick answers

Who wrote Collected Ghost Stories?

Collected Ghost Stories was written by Montague Rhodes James and first published in 1931.

What genre is Collected Ghost Stories?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories, Horror and Victorian-Era Fiction.

How long is Collected Ghost Stories?

The median edition has 418 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Collected Ghost Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Christmas Carol, Stalking Jack the Ripper and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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