The Turn of the Screw: AND The Aspern Papers (Penguin Classics)
by Henry James | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0141439904 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0141439904 Global Overview for this book
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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics (September 30, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141439904
ISBN-13: 978-0141439907
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Book Description
In these two chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension. The Turn of the Screw tells of a young governess sent to a country home to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. Obsession of a more worldly variety lies at the heart of The Aspern Papers, the tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet-and prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims.
Publisher: Penguin Classics (September 30, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141439904
ISBN-13: 978-0141439907
.
Book Description
In these two chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension. The Turn of the Screw tells of a young governess sent to a country home to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. Obsession of a more worldly variety lies at the heart of The Aspern Papers, the tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet-and prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims.
