GHOSTS OF THE CHIT-CHAT Robert Lloyd Parry (ed) LIMITED 500 copy Swan River HC

Description: GHOSTS OF THE CHIT-CHAT edited by Robert Lloyd Parry. Dublin, Ireland; Swan River Press; 2020. 1st edition hardcover. LIMITED to 500 copies. OUT OF PRINT. Publisher description: “Such things may have attached to them heaven knows what spooks and spirits.” On the evening of Saturday, 28 October 1893, Cambridge University’s Chit-Chat Club convened its 601st meeting. Ten members and one guest gathered in the rooms of Montague Rhodes James, the Junior Dean of King’s College, and listened—with increasing absorption one suspects—as their host read “Two Ghost Stories”. Ghosts of the Chit-Chat celebrates this momentous event in the history of supernatural literature, the earliest dated record we have of M. R. James reading his ghost stories out loud. And it revives the contributions that other members made to the genre; men of imagination who invoked the ghostly in their work, and who are now themselves shades. In a series of essays, stories, and poems Robert Lloyd Parry looks at the history and culture of the Club. In addition to tales and poems never before reprinted, Ghosts of the Chit-Chat features earlier, slightly different versions of two of M. R. James’s best-known ghost stories; Robert Lloyd Parry’s profiles and commentaries on each featured Chit-Chat member sheds new light on this supernatural tradition, making Ghosts of the Chit-Chat a valuable resource for casual readers and long-time Jamesians alike. Cover art by John Coulthart Selected and introduced by Robert Lloyd Parry. “Such things may have attached to them heaven knows what spooks and spirits.” On the evening of Saturday, 28 October 1893, Cambridge University’s Chit-Chat Club convened its 601st meeting. Ten members and one guest gathered in the rooms of Montague Rhodes James, the Junior Dean of King’s College, and listened—with increasing absorption one suspects—as their host read “Two Ghost Stories”. Ghosts of the Chit-Chat celebrates this momentous event in the history of supernatural literature, the earliest dated record we have of M. R. James reading his ghost stories out loud. And it revives the contributions that other members made to the genre; men of imagination who invoked the ghostly in their work, and who are now themselves shades. In a series of essays, stories, and poems Robert Lloyd Parry looks at the history and culture of the Club. In addition to tales and poems never before reprinted, Ghosts of the Chit-Chat features earlier, slightly different versions of two of M. R. James’s best-known ghost stories; Robert Lloyd Parry’s profiles and commentaries on each featured Chit-Chat member sheds new light on this supernatural tradition, making Ghosts of the Chit-Chat a valuable resource for casual readers and long-time Jamesians alike. Cover art by John Coulthart Selected and introduced by Robert Lloyd Parry. Contents: “Preface” “An Invitation to the Chit-Chat” – Robert Lloyd Parry “M. R. James (1862-1936)” “The Scrap-book of Canon Alberic” – M. R. James “Lost Hearts” – M. R. James “E. F. Benson (1867-1940)” “The Other Bed” – E. F. Benson “R. C. Bosanquet (1871-1935)” “The Dean’s Story” – R. C. Bosanquet “Red Gold” – R. C. Bosanquet “R. H. Benson (1871-1914)” “Father Bianchi’s Tale” – R. H. Benson “J. K. Stephen (1859-1892)” “Man Stories” – J. K. Stephen “A. C. Benson (1862-1925)” “Basil Netherby” – A. C. Benson “H. W. Tatham (1861-1909)” “The Phonograph Bewitched” – H. W. Tatham “Maurice Baring (1874-1945)” “The Shadow of a Midnight” – Maurice Baring “The Ikon” – Maurice Baring “Will Stone (1872-1901)” “A Fable” – Will Stone “Desmond MacCarthy (1877-1952)” “Pargiton and Harby” – Desmond MacCarthy “Gerald Warre Cornish (1875-1916)” “An Extract from ‘Beneath the Surface’ ” – Gerald Warre Cornish “Appendix: The Green Bay Tree” “An Extract from The Green Bay Tree” – W. H. Wilkins and Herbert Vivian “Sources” “Acknowledgements”. Fine in fine dj. FREE DOMESTIC Media Mail shipping or $14.90 Priority Mail domestic shipping. International shipping is ONLY by the eBay Global Shipping Program. NO EXCEPTIONS!! NOT responsible for any import tax levied by Customs Offices in individual countries.

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