{"name":"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague R. James","short_name":"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague R. James","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"An English tourist in a small, rural town in the South of France discovers an ancient manuscript with a strange illustration on the last page. A young orphan is sent to live with his elderly cousin, a secretive man who is obsessed with immortality. A picture that tells stories that change according to who is viewing it.\r\n\r\nThese and other delicious, goose bump evoking tales are part of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague R James. A master of his craft, MR James was an academic and administrator of King's College, Cambridge and later of Eton. His eerie tales are unique in their subtlety and the sheer horror they evoke long after you've finished reading them. He also gave a new perspective to the clichéd ghost story of the Victorian Gothic genre and used more realistic and believable plots and settings. Most of his stories are based on things that he himself was interested in: old books and manuscripts, ancient houses and medieval history.\r\n\r\nJames was also a talented actor who pro...","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/18509155/Ghost_antiquary_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}