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The Turning (Movie Tie-In): The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories Paperback – 31 December 2019

by Henry James (Author)
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One of the greatest ghost stories ever told, The Turn of the Screw is now a feature film from Universal Pictures premiering January 24th, produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Finn Wolfhard and Mackenzie Davis

This unsettling collection brings together eight of Henry James's tales exploring ghosts and the uncanny, including his infamous ghost story, "The Turn of the Screw," a work saturated with evil. James's haunting masterpiece tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a malign and ghostly presence or something else entirely? This collection also includes "The Jolly Corner," "Owen Wingrave," and further tales of visitations, premonitions, madness, grief, and family secrets, where the living are just as mysterious and unknowable as the dead. In these chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0143135708
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0143135708
  3. Edition
    Media tie-in
  4. Publisher
    Penguin Books
  5. Publication date
    31 December 2019
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    12.95 x 1.52 x 19.69 cm
  8. Print length
    336 pages
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Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the first great American psychologists and the author of the influential Pragmatism; his sister, Alice, though an invalid for most of her life, was a talented conversationalist, a lively letter writer, and a witty observer of the art and politics of her time.In search of the proper education for his children, Henry senior sent them to schools in America, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Returning to America, Henry junior lived in Newport, briefly attended Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began contributing stories and book reviews to magazines. Two more trips to Europe led to his final decision to settle there, first in Paris in 1875, then in London next year.James's first major novel, Roderick Hudson, appeared in 1875, but it was Daisy Miller (1878) that brought him international fame as the chronicler of American expatriates and their European adventures. His novels include The American (1877), Washington Square (1880), Princess Casamassima (1886), and the three late masterpieces, The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). He also wrote plays, criticism, autobiography, travel books (including The American Scene, 1907) and some of the finest short stories in the English language.His later works were little read during his lifetime but have since come to be recognized as forerunners of literary modernism. Upon the outbreak of World War I, James threw his energies into war relief work and decided to adopt British citizenship. One month before his death in 1916, he received the Order of Merit from King George V.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Media tie-in edition (31 December 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143135708
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143135708
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.95 x 1.52 x 19.69 cm

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Henry James (1843-1916), the son of the religious philosopher Henry James Sr. and brother of the psychologist and philosopher William James, published many important novels including Daisy Miller, The Wings of the Dove, The Golden Bowl, and The Ambassadors.

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  • pip
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ghostly
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2012
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    Only just started to read the story but it feels chilling. The speed which you can get the books from kindle is brilliant.
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  • thebookdragon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read If you Like a Classic writing style
    Reviewed in India on 21 September 2020
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    Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the writing that is of Henry James in The Turn Of the Screw. This is as classic as a classic can get. This is not your usual horror story (a genre I am not a big fan of and have often mocked). There are no ghosts screaming in the attic or after your blood. This is a psychologically torturous piece of reading, and the words have a way of emanating a chill to the core. That is if you can navigate your way across the writing style. Very typical Henry James, the lines are often long and exasperating and leave you with lots of things unsaid. However if you enjoy that, like me- oh are you in for a treat!
    I will attempt to provide a background in a nutshell. A man hires a governess to take care of his niece and nephew in a faraway estate and doesn’t want to be bothered. Strange things start unravelling when the said governess reaches there. Till this point, it is clear. After this, you are on your own to interpret the text and fathom the ambiguities which start arising. Are there really dead people prancing about, are the children being haunted, or is the governess simply out of her mind and she is the crazy one? There are no right or wrong answers. Henry James makes you work, once you start; you cannot stop reading this and you are always suspicious of everyone in the story. The end is also completely open to interpretation.
    If you are looking for a typical scary thriller, this is not for you. This is prose which creates an almost physical pressure and nudges you over the edge- it will make you work and leave you bewildered. If that kind of psycho-esque philosophy works for you, I highly recommend you read this.
    The Other stories are also great but the Turn had me.
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    thebookdragon
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Must Read If you Like a Classic writing style

    Reviewed in India on 21 September 2020
    Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the writing that is of Henry James in The Turn Of the Screw. This is as classic as a classic can get. This is not your usual horror story (a genre I am not a big fan of and have often mocked). There are no ghosts screaming in the attic or after your blood. This is a psychologically torturous piece of reading, and the words have a way of emanating a chill to the core. That is if you can navigate your way across the writing style. Very typical Henry James, the lines are often long and exasperating and leave you with lots of things unsaid. However if you enjoy that, like me- oh are you in for a treat!
    I will attempt to provide a background in a nutshell. A man hires a governess to take care of his niece and nephew in a faraway estate and doesn’t want to be bothered. Strange things start unravelling when the said governess reaches there. Till this point, it is clear. After this, you are on your own to interpret the text and fathom the ambiguities which start arising. Are there really dead people prancing about, are the children being haunted, or is the governess simply out of her mind and she is the crazy one? There are no right or wrong answers. Henry James makes you work, once you start; you cannot stop reading this and you are always suspicious of everyone in the story. The end is also completely open to interpretation.
    If you are looking for a typical scary thriller, this is not for you. This is prose which creates an almost physical pressure and nudges you over the edge- it will make you work and leave you bewildered. If that kind of psycho-esque philosophy works for you, I highly recommend you read this.
    The Other stories are also great but the Turn had me.
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  • Kindle Customer Norm
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
    Reviewed in the United States on 4 September 2013
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    It was a fun read. Of course a ghost story told from a first person perspective read from a 3rd person perspective. I like how they told the story.
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  • carolyn
    4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric & gothic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2018
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    Bit hard to read with the language but very atmospheric so far enjoying it
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  • 1403
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2014
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    Great modern classic.
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