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A college clock strikes eleven on a winter’s evening in the historic university town of Cambridge at the end of the nineteenth century. In Dr James’s rooms a group of friends is gathered. A fire flickers in the grate while some of the guests help themselves to whisky from a decanter on the sideboard. Silently, James places a lighted candlestick by his chair, shuffles his papers a little, and begins to read...

This is how the classic ghost stories of M. R. James were presented to the world. For the first time, in this definitive, critically-acclaimed four-part recording, are collected all of James’s published tales of ‘pleasing terror’.

The 8 stories featured in Part One are: Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book; Lost Hearts; Count Magnus; Number 13; ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’; The Mezzotint; The Ash-tree; The Treasure of Abbot Thomas.

David Collings narrates MR James as he's meant to be heard. Word perfect, smooth and atmospherically lyrical, juggling accents and Latin with polished aplomb. Collings must be an M R James aficianado as he brings out all the sly humour of 'Whistle and I'll Come to You' in particular, and adds charm and chilling nuance to every story. Why read MR James when you can have them read to you so beautifully?