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The Turn of the Screw by James Henry

ISBN: 9780140620610
Release Date: 28 Apr 1994
Average rating: (read by 53 members)

Categories: General & literary fiction , Classic fiction

The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil.

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	ianmcewanrocks
	Rated it 10 months ago

A great read! The master of suspense!

	jacque14
	Rated it 10 months ago

I really didn't like this book. I struggle with Henry James' writing style--I hate it becuase it plods--and the ghost story element just didn't connect with me.

	gsdgsd Full Review
	Rated it 10 months ago

I enjoyed it, if that's the right term to use for something that fills you with nervousness from start to finish. I was unable to put it down -- while also dreading each page. The horror is only briefly front-and-center, and its source is left very...

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