“Count Magnus” from the Ghost Story for Christmas (BBC2) was brilliant and perfectly Jamesian—spooky without being maudlin, creepy with a decent amount of eloquent silence and unsettling visuals. My huge thanks to Gatiss for recreating the world of the past with no intention of making it bleached-out and miserable. No academic drudgery, but pure scholarly curiosity that could lead to the macabre fairly easily. Chapeau!
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