Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

"Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance"

Author	M.R. James
Country	England
Language	English
Genre(s)	Horror short story

"Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance" is the seventh story in the second collection of ghost stories published by M. R. James, More Ghost Stories.

Synopsis

Mr Humphreys has recently inherited an estate in Wilsthorpe, England. There he learns about the mysterious death of his uncle, the previous owner, and the history of the strange maze and temple situated beside his new home.^[1]

Adaptation

The story was adapted for television as part of the ITV Schools educational strand in 1976.^[2] This production is available on DVD as an extra on the Network DVD disc of the 1979 ITV Playhouse production of Casting the Runes ^[3]

References

↑ James, M.R. (1993). Collected ghost stories (Repr. ed.). Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth. pp. 176–197. ISBN 1853260533.
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3433652/
↑ http://networkonair.com/shop/465-casting-the-runes-mr-james.html

External links

The full text of Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance at Wikisource
Full text of "Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance"
A Podcast to the Curious: Episode 15 - Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

Works by M. R. James

Short stories	"Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book" "Lost Hearts" "The Mezzotint" "The Ash-tree" " Number 13" "Count Magnus" "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" "A School Story" " The Rose Garden" "The Tractate Middoth" "Casting the Runes" "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" "Martin's Close" "Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance" "A View from a Hill" "A Warning to the Curious"

Collections	Ghost Stories of an Antiquary More Ghost Stories A Thin Ghost and Others A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James

Adaptations	Night of the Demon A Ghost Story for Christmas

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