The Turn of the Screw
The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.
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An unnamed young governess is hired by a London bachelor to live at his Essex country house Bly with his orphaned niece Flora and nephew Miles, on the condition she never contact him. After her arrival she begins to see the dead valet Peter Quint and her predecessor Miss Jessel about the grounds.
Yes. The Turn of the Screw was published in 1898 and is in the public domain. Free editions are available legally through Project Gutenberg.
Yes. The Turn of the Screw is widely cited as one of the foundational ghost-story novellas in English literature. The intentional ambiguity about whether the haunting is real or psychological has been debated for over 125 years.
The Turn of the Screw was written by Henry James, published in 1898 by Dtv.
The Turn of the Screw is 160 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Turn of the Screw takes most readers 2 to 3 hours to finish.
The Turn of the Screw is a standalone novel by Henry James, not part of a series.
The Turn of the Screw is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
