The Locked Room and Other Horror Stories

by Louise Greenwood (Retold by), M.R. James

[Penguin Readers Level 4]

A tree full of enormous spiders; curtains like a dead man's hair; a man with no eyes and a boy with no heart. These are some of the things in these stories by M.R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time. From p. 4 of cover.

Genres: Short Stories, Horror, Fiction

Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

Reviews

[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learning English on my own. Text + audio. This was just an okay reading. Even though it's for intermediate students, the 9 short stories were retold with easy texts. I think that this was an introduction to M. R. James' work for me. This is the third time that I had read this book, but now I paid more attention than I did before.

[Ahmed Gamal · Rating 3 out of 5]

things in the night ,things in the house ,screaming and running to hit your face or your head ..spiders living on drinking people blood..the terrible ghost outside the window..the old man who reads without eyes .

the book consist of ten short stories .I like it especially the second story(a school story) and the last (the two cousins).

[Lolita · Rating 3 out of 5]

for kids

[Myra King]

Definitely from a more simple time!

[serenityread · Rating 2 out of 5]

At first, I thought it was based on just one story, but it turned out to be a collection of several tales. Despite my initial disappointment, it was still an enjoyable read. Don't expect too much—it's a short and easy read, only a few pages long.

[Alex Rodríguez Villarán · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es un buen libro para implementar en la clase de Inglés. Algunas historias dejan mucho que desear pero otras están muy bien reescritas y son muy útiles. Es de los pocos ejemplos que son buena idea para usar en clase, no entiendo cómo algunas editoriales se empeñan en usar Charles Dickens, Daphne du Maurier o Henry Miller con niños de 14 años.

[ran_sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The feel of a Gothic novel was definitely present in this book. The author had a good understanding of how to create the atmosphere for a horror story. I thoroughly enjoyed the author's writing style and storytelling. Overall, all the stories were very good and I enjoyed reading them.

[Peponita · Rating 2 out of 5]

No hay mucho que decir. Son historias cortas que tuve que leer para Inglés, la verdad que no fueron muy buenas pero es entendible porque las escribieron en el año del pedo, así que mejor no me quejo. 😝

[María Fernanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fue el 1er libro que leí en inglés y me hizo sentir muy bien conmigo misma

[Mosab · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Derick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it,the story is really interesting.I felt it was not as horrifying as I thought.

[Namiko]

It is amazing how many the writer made these horror stories.

It contains:

The Ash-Tree
A school Story
The Curtains
The Flies
Lost Hearts

[Mary]

It's a amazing book.when i read a half this book,i couldn't sleep well.

[Bera · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fast read, interesting book with several stories, I’m sure it was scary back then, but now it’s not scary, but more like the type you will remember for a long time.

[Nata · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting! amusing! a bit intriguing!

[Selimhan]

leck mich an meinen klöten

[Ilias Oumarri · Rating 3 out of 5]

That's the first horror Book I've read, it's quite a good book specially the school story and how it ended! the book it's really a good collection.

[Đức Toàn · Rating 5 out of 5]

optional

[Jovana · Rating 3 out of 5]

lovely.

[حكمة القدر]

reading

[Maxim Kravchenko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly for children.