A Warning to the Curious

By: M. R. James

Narrated by: David Suchet

The story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which legendarily protect the country from invasion.

Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

One of James's most important achievements was to redefine the ghost story for the new century by dispensing with many of the formal Gothic trappings of his predecessors, and replacing them with more realistic contemporary settings.

'Montague Rhodes James has an intelligent and scientific knowledge of human nerves and feelings; and knows just how to apportion statement, imagery, and subtle suggestions in order to secure the best results with his readers.' HP Lovecraft.

Actor David Suchet is best known for his definitive portrayal of Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective created by the legendary mystery author Agatha Christie, in a number of international television productions. He narrates his story in Poirot and Me.

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A treat!

M . R James by David Suchet is amazing - youl’ll love it! A fall evening read!

Entertaining

Well done. Entertaining-but lowlife have liked an ending that brought some closure. Still... for such a short story- nicely done

Interesting nice narration, relaxing g and enjoyab

Loved it
Enjoying and very relaxing and narrator is very soothing it's good listen at least

Spooky!

Loved it!! Enjoy! David Suchet did a fabulous job with the story and am looking for more to get chills with.

Pretty good

Suchet does a good job with this story- M.R. James ghost stories are really a 'story within a story..' so the
elegant writing suspends your demand for authenticity because, you the reading, buy into the tale told..
this is quite a tale, but the narrator (actor) isn't as good with James tales as Derek Jacobi.