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A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories

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A collection of short supernatural tales presents understated, slowly accumulating dread as antiquaries, clergymen, and country folk disturb ancient relics, decayed houses, and uneasy landscapes. Each piece pairs meticulous description of objects and settings with a restrained narrative voice—often framed or first-person accounts—that allows uncanny phenomena to intrude gradually. Recurring themes include the risks of curiosity, the persistence of the past, and the limits of scholarly certainty, and most stories conclude by revealing consequences rather than delivering tidy resolution.

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Title: A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories

Author: M. R. James

Release date: December 4, 2021 [eBook #66881]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

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