"A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories" by M. R. James is a set of spooky short tales from the early 1900s. It tells the stories of different main characters who find themselves face-to-face with strange and scary things from olden times. The book starts with "The Haunted Doll’s House," where a collector named Mr. Dillet buys a fancy dollhouse with a strange history. When he gets it home, weird, ghostly visions start to blend with what's real, showing him the dollhouse's past owners. As he learns more about the dollhouse’s history, the story gets more and more scary, hinting at secret stories and unresolved mysteries, which sets the stage for the other chilling stories.
A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories
By M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
A collector's new dollhouse opens a door to a world of ghostly visions and dark secrets, proving that some histories refuse to stay buried.
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About the AuthorMontague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author who served as provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936) as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915). James's scholarly work is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered by many critics and authors as the finest in the English language and widely influential on modern horror.
Montague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author who served as provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936) as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915). James's scholarly work is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered by many critics and authors as the finest in the English language and widely influential on modern horror.
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