Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

This selection of twenty-one short stories by M.R. James--a first-class writer of supernatural fiction--represents his best work, including "Count Magnus," "The Rose Garden," "The Uncommon Prayer-book," "Rats," "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," and "A Vignette," as well as the title story.

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Aceasta selectie de douazeci si unu de nuvele ale domnului James - un scriitor de fictiune supranaturala de prima clasa - reprezinta cea mai buna lucrare a sa, inclusiv „Contele Magnus”, „Gradina trandafirilor”, „Cartea de rugaciuni neobisnuita”, „Sobolanii” , „„ Rautatea obiectelor neinsufletite ”si„ O vigneta ”, precum si povestea titlului. Despre serie: De peste 100 de ani Oxford World's Classics a pus la dispozitie cel mai larg spectru de literatura din intreaga lume.