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1、WelcometoTheGhostStoriesOfM.R.JamesImagine;thereissomethingnearyouinthedark.Somethingdead.Somethingshrunkentoboneandleatherandrags,yetstillanimatedbyasingle,burningdesire;thedesiretohurtYOU.Thisistheworld,andthesetheghosts,ofMontagueRhodesJames(1862-1936)abrilliant
2、scholar,whoisgenerallyconsideredtobethebest-thatistosay,thescariest-writerofsupernaturalfictionthatEnglandhaseverproduced.Originallyreadbycandlelight,toasmallgroupoffriends,onsuccessiveChristmasEvesinKing'sCollege,Cambridge,thesetalesprovedsosuccessfulwiththewiderp
3、ublicthattheyhaveneversincebeenoutofprint.Thisselectionoftwentystoriesisoffered,asaintroduction,totothosestillunfamiliarwiththetalesof"Monty'James-awriterwhoseworks,(toquoteRuthRendell)"Onewishesonehadnotread,inordertohavethepleasureofreadingthemagain".AboutM.R.Jam
4、esMontagueRhodesJameswasborninGoodnestone,Kent,onthe1stofAugust1862.Anintellectuallyprecociouschild,hepassedtriumphantlythroughTempleGroveSchoolandEtonCollegetoKing’sCollege,Cambridge.HisspecialareasofinterestwereapocryphalBiblicalliteratureandmediaevalilluminatedm
5、anuscripts.Hewas,byturns,Fellow,Dean,andTutor,andin1905wasinstalledasProvost.Hisoutputoflearnedbookswasprodigious,andtheghoststoriesforwhichheisnowchieflyknownformedonlyatinypartofhisbusylife.Itwashishabit,atChristmasEve,toreadonealoudtofriends.Onesuspectsthatheput
6、agreatdealofgustointothetellingofthetales;hewasadeptatmimickingvoicesandtheDickensianaccentsofsomeofhisminorcharactersmusthavegivenhislistenersagreatdealofamusement.FortherewasnothinggloomyorgothicaboutJamestheman;hewashighlyextrovertedandsociable,andnotedforthenum
7、berandqualityofhisfriendships,althoughhenevermarried.Hewasanenthusiastictravelleronthecontinent,andhisjourneysprovidedhimwiththebackgroundstoseveralofhisstories.Theinspirationbehindthemwasderivedfromhisinterestsandsurroundings,whichalsofurnishedhimwiththescholarlya
8、sideswhicharescatteredthroughouthistales,andwhichgivethemtheirringofauthenticity.Aboutthepossibilityof‘genuine’supernaturalmanifestationshewas,by
