The Turn of the Screw (Annotated - Includes Essay and Biography‪)‬

The Turn of the Screw is a departure in a sense for Henry James it is a ghost story rather than a story of Americans and Europeans involved in romantic struggles.  The Turn of the Screw begins in an old house on Christmas Eve where an old man tells a ghostly tale involving his sister's governess who saw ghosts many years ago.


The governess had been left in the complete charge of two children, Miles and Flora, by their uncle.  He wants nothing to do with them and tells her she must deal with any issue that arises.