The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories Henry James

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The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James

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The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories: The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, The Friends of the Friends and The Jolly Corner by Henry James

*The inspiration behind Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor*

Discover Henry James's most famous and terrifying story in an edition which also includes a unique selection of his best loved ghost stories.

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 more and more convinced that something evil is watching her.

'A most wonderful, lurid, poisonous little tale' Oscar Wilde

The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories Reviews

A most wonderful, lurid, poisonous little tale -- Oscar Wilde
It really does turn your blood cold -- Colm Toibin
Technically, he is extraordinarily brilliant, and stylistically he's wonderful -- David Lodge
Henry James is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare is in the history of poetry -- Graham Greene
[James] is the most intelligent man of his generation -- T. S. Eliot

About Henry James

Henry James was born on 15 April 1843 in New York to a wealthy and intellectual family and as a youth travelled widely and studied in Europe. He briefly studied law at Harvard before he took up writing full-time. His first novel, Watch and Ward, was published in 1871 and many followed including Roderick Hudson (1875), Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Awkward Age (1899), The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). He also wrote short stories, reviews, biographies, plays and travel books. After a brief period in Paris, James moved to London.He later settled in Rye in Sussex and became a British citizen in 1915. Henry James died on 28 February 1916.

Additional information

Sku

GOR001132122

ISBN 13

9780099511236

ISBN 10

0099511231

Title

The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories: The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, The Friends of the Friends and The Jolly Corner by Henry James

Author

Henry James

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

20071004

Number of pages

256

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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