Turn of the Screw
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Publisher Description
To read a story by Henry James is to enter a world-- a rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complex characters. In this classic novella, a young governess who goes to an isolated English estate to take charge of two precocious children gradually realizes that her young charges are under the evil influence of the ghosts of the family's ex-steward and former governess.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Did she or didn’t she? That’s the question at the heart of Henry James’ chilling supernatural landmark—and it’s kept readers and scholars awake at night for more than a century. After an unnamed governess arrives at a rural Victorian mansion to care for two young children, Miles and Flora, she becomes convinced that a pair of ghosts are plaguing her young charges. But are these spirits merely products of her own dangerously collapsing mind? James refuses to come down on one side of the argument or the other, instead doling out deliciously shivery details that support both conclusions, which only ratchets up the chills. Brief but potent, The Turn of the Screw remains a must-read for fans of both ghost stories and crime thrillers. There’s only one way to find out what really happened—enter the house at Bly and decide for yourself.
