The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral

Name: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241746745
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By M. R. James

Series: Penguin Archive

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241746745

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 160

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Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Classic Horror & Ghost Stories Fiction General Fiction Horror & Supernatural Literary Fiction M. R. James Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Archive

About the Author

M. R. James, the bookish and precocious son of a curate, was born in Kent in 1862. He studied at Cambridge and remained there for most of his life, becoming director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Provost of King's College and later Vice-Chancellor of the university. A brilliant scholar, he translated the New Testament apocrypha and catalogued many of the university's medieval manuscripts. His first story collection, based on stories he read aloud to friends on Christmas Eve, was published in 1904 as Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and was followed by three more. He died in 1936.

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