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Podcast: Classic Ghost Stories
Episode: S02E23 The Story of A Disappearance and An Appearance by M R James
Description: THE STORY OF A DISAPPEARANCE AND AN APPEARANCE by M R JamesThe Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance is one of the few M R James stories actually set at Christmas. He was well-known for reading out his stories at Christmas, but few of them are actually set over the festive period. It was first published the June 4, 1913 issue of the Cambridge Review. It then appeared in his anthology A Thin Ghost and Others in 1919. First of all some explanations of words which may be strange to some listeners. Bands are a kind of white tie worn by Anglican cl...