Английская Википедия:Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection of ghost stories by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume.[1]
It was his first short story collection.
Contents of the original edition
- "Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book"
- "Lost Hearts"
- "The Mezzotint"
- "The Ash-tree"
- "Number 13"
- "Count Magnus"
- Шаблон:"-'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'Шаблон:-"
- "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"
Reception
A. M. Burrage praised Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and its successor, More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary as "two really admirable books of ghost stories". Burrage also described Шаблон:"-'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'Шаблон:-" as "a real gem".[2]
Adaptations
After Jonathan Miller [[Whistle and I'll Come to You|adapted Шаблон:" 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My LadШаблон:' "]] for the BBC's Omnibus series in 1968, several stories from the collection were adapted as the BBC's yearly Ghost Story for Christmas strand, including "Lost Hearts", "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas", "The Ash-tree", and "Number 13". "Whistle and I'll Come to You" was also remade (heavily adapted by Neil Cross) for broadcast on Christmas Eve 2010.[3] Mark Gatiss wrote and directed adaptations of "The Mezzotint" and "Count Magnus" for the Ghost Story for Christmas series in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
References
External links
- Шаблон:StandardEbooks
- Шаблон:Gutenberg
- Шаблон:Gutenberg (Part 2)
- Шаблон:Librivox book
- Шаблон:Cite web
Шаблон:1900s-horror-story-collection-stub
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Burrage, A. M. "The Supernatural in Fiction", The Home Magazine, October 1921. Reprinted in Burrage, Someone in the Room: Strange Tales Old and New (edited by Jack Adrian). Ashcroft, B.C. : Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ A Ghost Story for Christmas, imagedissectors.com