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The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

James, Henry

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ISBN10: 9370899731
ISBN13: 9789370899735
Publisher: Fingerprint
Pages: 120
Language: English
This book is a definitive psychological thriller that masterfully blurs the line between supernatural haunting and mental disintegration, challenging readers to navigate an unsettling, ambiguous world where the true source of evil remains chillingly elusive.

Henry James's The Turn of the Screw is a quintessential gothic masterpiece that redefined the ghost story by anchoring its terrors in the human psyche. The novella follows a young, inexperienced governess sent to a remote English estate to care for two orphaned children, Miles and Flora. What begins as a pastoral retreat quickly spirals into a claustrophobic nightmare as she becomes convinced that the malevolent spirits of two former servants are haunting the grounds and corrupting her charges. James's genius lies in his masterful use of an unreliable narrator; the prose is so layered and ambiguous that the reader is left to wonder if the ghosts are real or merely the manifestations of the governess's own hysteria. It remains a chilling, sophisticated exploration of repressed emotion, innocence, and the nature of evil.

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