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The Turn of the Screw

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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.

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Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
1994
Format
Paperback
Pages
121
ISBN10
0140620613
ISBN13
9780140620610
Series
First published
1898
Original title
The Turn of the Screw
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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.