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Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

M.R. James

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Spring 2011 Reads

* Discussion of "Oh Whistle..." (w/ spoilers)
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last updated Apr 13, 2011 09:32AM

* Spring 2011, optional read: "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad "
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last updated Apr 11, 2011 07:03PM

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Mar 30, 2011 Armand rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2011, genre-classics, on-my-kindle, genre-short-stories, good-for-teaching

This is a classic ghost story that I picked up because Michael Chabon said it was one of the best short stories he ever read. Part of what makes this so interesting is- even though it was written in the early 1900's- the narrative style has a modern feel to it. The unnamed narrator (never part of the story) is ironic, witty and playful. The framework itself is a traditional ghost story in which a very non-superstitious college professor is frightened out of his mind by an apparition. MR James do ...more

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Apr 19, 2011 Sonya Grossberg rated it liked it

This is a great short story (more bang for your buck) as far as time goes. I like the tone a lot and it was a fun read for an old ghost story, yet somehow managed to remain creepy as well!

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