Writing
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
August 1, 1862
Died
June 12, 1936 (age 73)
Born in
Dover, Kent, England
Montague Rhodes James OM FBA was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15). James is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story".
Tales of Ghosts & Demons
as Writer
2023
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
as Short Story
2022
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Short Story
2021
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Martin's Close
as Short Story
2019
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Living Night
as Original Story
2015
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The Tractate Middoth
as Short Story
2013
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The Haunted Doll's House
as Writer
2012
—Rats
as Story
2011
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Short Story
2010
—The Wailing Well
as Short Story
2010
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Lost Hearts
as Short Story
2007
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Number 13
as Short Story
2006
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A View from a Hill
as Short Story
2005
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M.R. James: Supernatural Storyteller
as Self
2004
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Ghost Stories for Christmas
as Short Story, Original Story
2000
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The Church
as Short Story
1989
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Classic Ghost Stories
as Short Story
1986
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Classic Ghost Stories
as Short Story
1986
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The Charm of the Unusual
as Short Story
1980
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Casting the Runes
as Short Story
1979
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