A View from a Hill

"A View from a Hill"

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

"A View from a Hill" is a ghost story by M. R. James. It was first published in The Living Age on 4 July 1925 and was collected in the 1925 anthology A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories.

The story tells the tale of a historian who goes on holiday to visit his friend and has a disturbing experience after venturing up a notorious local landmark.

The 2005 television film A View from a Hill was adapted from M. R. James' short story by Peter Harness for BBC Four's revival of A Ghost Story for Christmas.

External links

A Podcast to the Curious: Episode 29 - A View from a Hill

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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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