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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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  • "The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover."@en
  • "Presents 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 narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil."
  • "The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil."@en
  • "The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James is a classic ambiguous work of psychological and supernatural suspense. The story is open to interpretation and could be viewed as either a true ghost tale or a neurotic hallucination of an unreliable narrator, a mentally unstable governess placed in charge of two remarkable children."
  • "A governess tries to protect the two young children in her care from the ghosts she perceives haunting them, and a literary historian develops a scheme to gain possession of love letters written by an American poet."
  • "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."

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Classic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Lesbian & Gay"@en
  • "Ghost stories"@en
  • "Ghost stories"
  • "LGBT"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "19th century fiction"@en

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  • "La vuelta de tuerca"@es
  • "La vuelta de tuerca"
  • "The turn of the screw ; The aspern papers"
  • "Otra vuelta de tuerca"@es
  • "Il giro di vite"@it
  • "La Vuelta de tuerca"
  • "Otra vuelta de tuerca : versión completa"
  • "Turn of the Screw"
  • "The turn of the screw"
  • "The turn of the screw"@en
  • "Das Durchdrehen der Schraube : eine Geistergeschichte"

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