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The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
Henry James
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Description for The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
Hardback.
A chilling collection of Henry James's finest ghost stories, now in a wonderful Clothbound Classics edition
In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James' short stories, including 'The Jolly Corner' and 'The Third Person', all of which explore human psychology through ghostly visitations and the uncanny.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241552650
SKU
9780241552650
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About Henry James
Henry James (Author) Henry James was born in 1843 in New York and died in London in 1916. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess ... Read more
Reviews for The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
“Remarkably vivid and disquieting . . . Whether this beloved 19th-century novella retains the power to frighten you depends on the degree to which you’ve ever questioned your own senses or doubted your sanity. . . . A classic of Gothic literature, prized for its ambiguity and sophistication.” —The New York Times