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A View from a Hill (short story)

"A View from a Hill" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, first published in the London Mercury in 1925, 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). It concerns a mysterious set of binoculars that show scenes from the past. It was adapted for television by the BBC in 2005 as part of its series A Ghost Story for Christmas.

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• ▸Dormition Cathedral, London
• ▸Beacham Theatre
• ▸Christianity in India

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