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Widely recognized as one of literature's most gripping ghost stories, this classic tale of moral degradation concerns the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. The story begins when a governess arrives at an English country estate to look after Miles, aged ten, and Flora, eight. At first, everything appears normal but then events gradually begin to weave a spell of psychological terror. One night a ghost appears before the governess. It is the dead lover of Miss Jessel, the former governess. Later, the ghost of Miss Jessel herself appears before the governess and the little girl. Moreover, both the governess and the housekeeper suspect that the two spirits have appeared to the boy in private. The children, however, adamantly refuse to acknowledge the presence of the two spirits, in spite of indications that there is some sort of evil communication going on between the children and the ghosts. Without resorting to clattering chains, demonic noises, and other melodramatic techniques, this elegantly told tale succeeds in creating an atmosphere of tingling suspense and unspoken horror matched by few other books in the genre. Known for his
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- Author
- Henry James
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780486266848
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery
Other editions & translations
- The Turn of the Screw: (Penguin Classics) (2010)
- Otra vuelta de tuerca : epílogo de un profesor de las universidades de Yale y Princeton (2015)
- The Turn of the Screw (2017)
- The Turn of the Screw (Webster's French Thesaurus Edition) (2006)
- The Turn of the Screw (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (2015)
- Henry James, the turn of the screw : complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary (1995)
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (2008)
- The Turn of the Screw (2009)
- The Turn of the Screw & In the Cage (Modern Library Classics) (2012)
- The Turn of the Screw [electronic resource] : Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Con (1995)
- The Turn of the Screw (2003)
- The Turn of the Screw : Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical, Historical, and Cultural Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Contemporary Critic (2004)
- The Turn of the Screw (2012)
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Penguin modern classics) (1974)
- The Turn of the Screw (2019)
- The Turn of the Screw (2018)
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) (1998)
- The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) (1994)
- The Turn of the Screw (1898)
- The Turn of the Screw (1999)
- Otra vuelta de tuerca : epílogo de un profesor de las universidades de Yale y Princeton (2016)
- The Turn of the Screw : Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (1999)
- The Turn of the Screw : an Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism (1966)
- The Turn of the Screw (Dover Thrift Editions) (2008)
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