"The Rose Garden" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his 1911 collection More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.
| "The Rose Garden" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by M.R. James | |
 | |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror |
| Publication | |
| Publication date | 1911 |
Plot summary
editMrs. Anstruther would like to plant a rose garden, however the clearing she wishes to use gives people nightmares, and they hear whispers by an old post in the clearing. Soon she, along with her husband, learn the history of the clearing and the injustice that took place there.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "PART 2: More Ghost Stories". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ James, M.R. (1993). Collected ghost stories (Repr. ed.). Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth. pp. 104–113. ISBN 1853260533.
External links
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The full text of The Rose Garden at Wikisource- An omnibus collection of James's short fiction at Standard Ebooks
- Full text of "The Rose Garden"
The Rose Garden public domain audiobook at LibriVox- A Podcast to the Curious: Episode 9 - The Rose Garden
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