"The Uncommon Prayer-Book" is a ghost story by the English writer M. R. James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in June 1921, and collected in James' books A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925) and The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James (1931). The story concerns supernatural activities surrounding unusual editions of the Book of Common Prayer commissioned by Anne Sadleir. It was adapted for radio by BBC Home Service West in 1952 and by BBC Radio 4 FM in 1968.
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- contained in A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamescollection
- contained in Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Storiescollection
- contained in Complete Ghost Storiescollection
- contained in The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamescollection
- contained in The Wordsworth Book of Horror Storiesanthology