The Five Jars

Name: The Five Jars
Author: M. R. James

by M. R. James

Novel about children discovering five mysterious jars with magical contents

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M. R. James

James was the master of the English antiquarian ghost story, creating tales of scholarly investigators who disturb malevolent supernatural forces. His work defined a distinctly English genre that balanced archaeological precision with mounting dread.

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