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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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  • "One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of 2 innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in literature have been able to do ? a complete feeling of dread and uncertainty."
  • "The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover."@en
  • ""Widely recognized as one of literature's most gripping ghost stores, this classic tale of moral degradation conerns the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. The story begins when a governess arrives at an English country estate to look after Miles, aged ten, and Flora, eight. At first, everything appears normal but then events gradually begin to weave a spell of psychological terror. One night a ghost appears before the governess. It is the dead lover of Miss Jessel, the former governess. Later, the ghost of Miss Jessel herself appears before the governess and the little girl. Moreover, both the governess and the housekeeper suspect that the two spirits have appeared to the boy in private. The children, however, adamantly refuse to acknowledge the presence of the two spirits, in spite of indications that there is some sort of evil communication going on between the children and the ghosts. Without resorting to clattering chains, demonic noises and other melodramatic techniques, this elegantly told tale succeeds in creating an atmosphere of tingling suspense and unspoken horror matched by few other books in the genre. Known for his probing psychological novels dealing with the upper classes, James in this story tried his hand at the occult- and created a masterpiece of the supernatural that has frightened and delighted readers for nearly a century" Book Cover."
  • "A governess comes to believe her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Nowele amerykaƄskie"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Adaptations"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Ghost stories"

http://schema.org/name

  • "The turn of the screw"@en
  • "The turn of the screw"
  • "The turn of the screw unabridged"
  • "Otra vuelta de tuerca"
  • "Otra vuelta de tuerca"@es
  • "Una altra volta de rosca"
  • "La vuelta de la tuerca"@es
  • "Turn of the screw"@en
  • "La Vuelta de la tuerca"
  • "The Turn of the screw"@en
  • "Vòng huyên bí = The turn of the screw"@en
  • "Una Altra volta de rosca"@ca