Show Notes
Nearly five years to the day that we released Episode 1, we are pleased to bring you ‘A Vignette’, M.R. James’s very last story!
The episode also features readings from Robert Lloyd Parry and an exciting announcement about the future of the podcast!
Show notes:
A Vignette by M.R. James (adelaide.edu.au)
A Vignette, read by Scott Wichmann (Soundcloud)
The Rectory, Great Livermere (Monty’s World)
The House by the Churchyard by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Wikipedia)
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James (1995 Anglia Television)
Great Livermere: A parish with ghosts by Beryl Rosalind Dyson (Amazon)
Images of Livermere Hall (demolished in 1923)
Photos of ‘Livermere Hall’ (actually the Rectory, Flickr)
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