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The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

3.6
(40 ratings)
120 pages1994Penguin BooksISBN 9780140620610

About this book

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.

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin Books
Published
1994
Pages
120
ISBN
9780140620610
Language
en

About Henry James

Henry James, was an American writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James

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