The Turn of the Screw: And Other Stories
A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. At first Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess begins to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets hidden in the house, she is...
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A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. At first Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess begins to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets hidden in the house, she is increasingly convinced that something evil is watching her. Several other of Henry James’s most gruesome horror stories are also included, among them The Jolly Corner, Owen Wingrave, The Private Life, The Real Right Thing, and Sir Edmund Orme.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099511236 (0099511231)
Publish date: July 1st 2008
Publisher: Random House UK
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Paranormal,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
American,
19th Century,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Gothic,
Ghosts
I first thought that I would never get through this book. I've constantly thought of James' writing as 'heavy.' It's not that he uses obscure words (though I reached for the dictionary once or twice), it's simply that he uses so many.Of the four stories in here, the one I liked best was "The Friends...
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