The Turn of the Screw

Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, Annotated and Illustrated: With Eight More of his Best Ghost Stories

He was not one for terror, or even horror. His fiction is impressionistic, psychological, and "courtly," but it has one pervasive emotion to it: unease -- discomfort, awkwardness, and a lurking shame buried in intentional secrecy. The fear of truth. The te

Turn of the Screw

"The Turn of the Screw" tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care.

Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Henry James)(Brožovaná)

A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. To begin with Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess starts to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets of the house she becomes mo...

Penguin Readers Level 6: The Turn of the Screw (ELT Graded Reader) (Henry James)(Brožovaná)

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting c...

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

Classic / British English: A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. Its her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?

The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)

Turn of the Screw

Henry James' short novels provide an overview of his entire career and serve as an excellent introduction to his singular art and imagination. This collection includes The Turn of the Screw, Daisy Miller, The Beast in the Jungle, An International Episode, The Aspern Papers and The Altar of the Dead....

The Turn of the Screw

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.' Revered as one of the greatest ghost stori...

Turn of the Screw

A new edition of a Gothic novella which has inspired many horror and psychological thrillers since its publication. This new edition of The Turn of the Screw offers students the definitive text and extensive appendices. An unnamed young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two orph...

Turn Of The Screw

This indispensable anthology collects the short novels of Henry James, offering readers the full range of his skill and vision. Includes the chilling title novel, along with "The Aspern Papers, The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle," and other classics. Revised reissue.