The Turn of the Screw
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3.4 • 182 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this blood-curdling story, that imagination weaves the lives of two children, a governess in love with her employer, and a sprawling country house into a flawless story, still unsurpassed as the prototype of modern horror fiction.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This isn’t your father’s ghost story—it’s your great-grandfather’s ghost story. Published in 1898, this Gothic classic about a young governess who may or may not see dead people still packs a super-spooky punch. American novelist Henry James wrote extensively about the supernatural, but The Turn of the Screw is widely considered his creepy crowning achievement. We were caught up in the suspense from page one…and it will be a long time before we forget James’s masterfully conceived atmosphere of spine-tingling dread.
Customer Reviews
DATED ‘CLASSIC’
Time hasn’t been kind to this novel.
Too long winded making it slow and tedious despite it being a half way decent story even if a little tame compared to today’s similar fiction.
Not For The Light-Hearted
I did this book as a exam in Year 11 and found the language to sometimes be quite complicated but the at the end it has a great cliffhanger.
Trash
Absolute trash