{"product_id":"the-turn-of-the-screw-by-henry-james","title":"The Turn of the Screw By Henry James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 07\/07\/2011\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Classics - Horror - Fiction - Gothic - Mystery - Audiobook - Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most deeply disquieting stories ever written,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epits a young governess against her two unnerving charges and a sinister country house suffused with ghostly apparitions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chilling ghost story, wrought with tantalising ambiguity, Henry James's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis edited with an introduction and notes by David Bromwich in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary',\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis James's great masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension and has influenced subsequent ghost stories and films such as The Innocents, starring Deborah Kerr, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Others\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Nicole Kidman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition contains a chronology, further reading, notes and an introduction by David Bromwich examining the dark ambiguity of James's work and the inseparability of narrative from point-of-view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry James (1843-1916) son of a prominent theologian, and brother to the philosopher William James, was one of the most celebrated novelists of the fin-de-siecle. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, biography and autobiography, and much travel writing, he wrote some twenty novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780141441351\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e176\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e196\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e127\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e10\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e134 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53319857635641,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780141441351-jacket-large.webp?v=1779528086","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-turn-of-the-screw-by-henry-james","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}