M. R. James "The Crown"

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M. R. James
'You aren’t from Seaburgh', the old man said. 'Go back to your hotel. Don't think about the crown again.’
Paxton is on holiday in Seaburgh, a small English town near the sea. He likes old things and old stories ... but he doesn't always listen. He takes a famous old crown from the ground. Suddenly, there is a shadow behind him, and Paxton is very afraid.
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Text Analysis: Unique words: about 300 Total words: 3,980
Hard words: afraid, wind, beach, believe, church, crown, put, spade, protect, ground, magic, last, gravestone, hill, help, shout, shadow, far away, danger, footprint
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