A new edition of a Gothic novella which has inspired many horror and
psychological thrillers since its publication. This new edition of The
Turn of the Screw offers students the definitive text and extensive
appendices.
An unnamed young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of
two orphans, Miles and Flora. Yet she is soon oppressed by a sense of
foreboding and deep disquiet, becoming convinced that something dark is
menacing her young charges. But are supernatural forces at work, or is
the danger something altogether more earthly?
Henry James's masterpiece, and widely considered to be the greatest
ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screw remains the apogee of
suspenseful, haunting writing in the English language.