‘The Diary of Mr Poynter’ was published in the year 1919 in the collection titled ‘The Thin Ghost and Others’ by M.R. James. James is considered one of the greatest 19th-century ghost story writers of all time. He was an antiquarian as well as a scholar. He led a very active academic life and also had a fascination for the macabre. ‘The Diary of Mr Poynter’ is typical of James' … [Read more...] about ‘The Diary of Mr Poynter’ by M.R. James: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Mezzotint’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
‘The Mezzotint’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis ‘The Mezzotint’ is a story of a poacher called Gawdy who was framed by a squire for killing a keeper of his estate. Gawdy is hung to death, but that is not the end of him. He returns in a terrible ghoulish form to kidnap the squire’s only infant son. Seemingly, Gawdy didn’t want to be killed because he was the last … [Read more...] about ‘The Mezzotint’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
‘Lost Hearts’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
‘Lost Hearts’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis Montague Rhodes James or M. R. James is one of the finest ghost story writers the world has ever had, and is indeed the father of the scholarly and academician Victorian ghost story. His stories are seminal to the glossary of ghost stories even in our time, and ‘Lost Hearts’ is definitely one of his scariest yet, a … [Read more...] about ‘Lost Hearts’ by M. R. James: Short Story Analysis
‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Book Review
The Great Gatsby is a classic Jazz Age contemporary novel penned by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book centers around the wealthy elite of Long Island in New York City. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, an unbiased and unopinionated narrator of the events related to the Summer of 1922 spent in the mansions of the rich on Long Island, especially the mansion … [Read more...] about ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Book Review
‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Short Story Analysis
‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Short Story Analysis ‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ is a nineteenth-century Victorian Gothic ghost story penned by the Irish ghost story writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Sheridan is considered the leading proponent of the Gothic ghost story, popular in the nineteenth century. In this short story, he details the … [Read more...] about ‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Short Story Analysis