Turn of the Screw and the Lesson of the Master

Informationen zum Autor By Henry James Klappentext Henry James (1843-1916) is one of America's premier writers of fiction. His famous novella The Turn of the Screw (1898), concerning the governess of two small children who thinks that her charges are being haunted by ghosts, brilliantly illustrates James's theory of the horror story: to suggest rather than state horror. A true psychological thriller as well as an acute study of obsession, The Turn of the Screw leaves open whether the children are being "corrupted" by malevolent spirits or by their neurotic governess. Zusammenfassung Concerns the governess of two small children who thinks that her charges are being haunted by ghosts. This book illustrates the author's theory of the horror story: to suggest rather than state horror.

Product details

• Authors: Henry James
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9781573920995
• ISBN: 978-1-57392-099-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Literary Classics; Literary Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature