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The turn of the screw excerpts

One of the world's most famous intellectual ghost stories, "The Turn of the Screw" is a haunting tale of suspected supernatural possession. A governess at a country house claims that Miles and Flora, two orphaned children in her care, are being controlled by spirits for some evil purpose. No one else can see the ghosts, and the children themselves are silent. Are they being dominated by spectral forces, or are they hiding something? Is the governess simply paranoid, or is something else going on?

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  • "One of the world's most famous intellectual ghost stories, "The Turn of the Screw" is a haunting tale of suspected supernatural possession. A governess at a country house claims that Miles and Flora, two orphaned children in her care, are being controlled by spirits for some evil purpose. No one else can see the ghosts, and the children themselves are silent. Are they being dominated by spectral forces, or are they hiding something? Is the governess simply paranoid, or is something else going on?"@en
  • "A young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house. She sees the figure of an unknown man on the tower and his face at the window. It is Peter Quint, the master's dissolute valet, and he has come for Miles. But Peter Quint is dead.To all immediate appearances, The Turn of the Screw is a ghost story. But are appearances what they seem? A subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, The Turn of the Screw is probably the most famous and eerily equivocal of all ghostly tales."@en
  • "A governess hired to tend a brother and sister at a remote country estate begins to believe that the children are possessed by the spirits of two dead former servants."@en
  • "Als een jonge gouvernante gaat werken voor twee weeskinderen in een afgelegen landhuis begint een reeks spookachtige gebeurtenissen."
  • "What seems to start out as a Christmas Eve ghost story quickly becomes a tale of psychological horror as a young governess struggles--and ultimately fails--to protect her charges from the "corruption" that only she can conceive of."@en
  • "A classical example of Henry James' writings, read by Walter Zimmerman and Cindy Hardin."@en
  • "The story of a young governess whose awareness of "visitations" by dead members of the household leads to a tragic climax."@en
  • "The story of a young governess whose awareness of "visitations" by dead members of the household leads to a tragic climax."
  • "Een gouvernante voert een strijd om de aan haar toevertrouwde kinderen te beschermen tegen de verderfelijke invloeden van twee rondspokende overleden bedienden."
  • "The classic ghost story about a high-strung governess and the two young children who may--or may not--be plotting with the diabolical Peter Quint."
  • "The classic ghost story about a high-strung governess and the two young children who may--or may not--be plotting with the diabolical Peter Quint."@en
  • "The Turn of the Screw is a haunting tale of suspected supernatural possession. A governess at a country house claims that Miles and Flora, two orphaned children in her care, are being controlled by spirits for some evil purpose. No one else can see the ghosts, and the children themselves are silent. Are they being dominated by spectral forces, or are they hiding something? Is the governess simply paranoid, or is something else going on?"@en
  • "Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The Turn of the screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons which she believes possess their souls."@en
  • "The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover."@en
  • "The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover."
  • "A naïve governess who takes charge of two children at the lonely house of Bly. When she begins to see ghosts, she believes that the children do too, with devastating consequences."@en
  • "What seems to start out as a Christmas Eve ghost story quickly becomes a tale of psychological horror as a young governess struggles---and ultimately fails---to protect her charges from the "corruption" that only she can conceive of."@en
  • "PLAYAWAY. Young governess goes to an isolated English estate to take charge of two precocious children gradually realises that her young charges are under the evil influence of the ghosts of the family's ex-steward and former governess."
  • "The story of a young governess whose awareness of "visitations' by dead members of the household leads to a tragic climax."@en
  • "Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The turn of the screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons which she believes possess their souls. Music: Schubert, Boëllman, Smetana, Bartok."@en
  • ""A governess has been hired to care for two orphaned young children in their uncle's English country home. But soon after she meets the boy and his sister, the governess begins to see fearful apparitions. With growing alarm, she must wonder about the target of the ghostly presences. Are they haunting her, or the sweet, innocent children?"--Publisher website (March 2007)."@en
  • "The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. It is a ghost story that was originally published in 1898. A nameless governess reports the events of two ghosts who stalk the young children she has charge over. Is she reliable, or an imaginative neurotic?"
  • "Shortly after coming to live with orphans Flora and Miles in their dark, eerie mansion, the new governess mistakes their strange behavior for precociousness. But she soon comes to believe that the charming, beautiful children are possessed by evil, malicious spirits--the souls of their previous governess and estate manager who are now dead."@en
  • "Henry James's classic ghost story is a masterpiece of the supernatural. The tale is taken from the diary of a governess, who describes her mounting sense of paranoia at the relationship between her two wards and the ghostly figures that haunt the estate. Menacing, ambiguous and haunted by a pervading sense of evil, The turn of the screw is one of the most powerful and enduring tales of the nineteenth century."@en
  • "The story unfolds with the arrival of a new governess at a remote country estate. She has been hired by the uncle of two young orphans to take complete charge of the children's lives and upbringing. Her first peaceful weeks are disturbed by the apparition of the ghosts of two evil servants who once served in the house."@en
  • "An uncanny ghost story of two children tormented by "visitations," and their governess, who may or may not have hallucinated it all herself."@en
  • "More than just a simple tale of the supernatural, James poses questions about childhood innocence, corruption and hysteria. The story focuses on a naïve governess who takes charge of two children at the lonely house of Bly. When she begins to see ghosts, she believes that the children do too, with devastating consequences."@en
  • "A governess hired to attend a brother and sister at a remote country estate begins to believe that the spirits of two dead former servants posess the children."@en
  • "A vicar's daughter, engaged by a handsome bachelor to act as governess to his young niece and nephew, arrives at his country house in Essex. He gives her full charge of the children and explicitly states that she is not to bother him with communications of any sort. The governess begins to see around the grounds the figures of a man and woman whom she does not recognize, and who seem to be supernatural. When she learns whom they are, how they died, and of their previous intimacy with her charges, she becomes convinced that the two children are secretly aware of--and possibly in danger from--the ghosts."@en
  • ""Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, 'The turn of the screw' creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons which she believes possess their souls ..."--Container."@en

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