The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
$23.15
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2018
Summary
Shadows of the Soul: Haunting Tales by Henry James
A chilling collection of Henry James’s short stories exploring the uncanny, edited by Susie Boyt.
In ‘The Turn of the Screw’, one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James’ sh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141389752 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141389753 |
| Author: | Henry James, Philip Horne, Susie Boyt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“Remarkably vivid and disquieting … Whether this beloved 19th-century novella retains the power to frighten you depends on the degree to which you’ve ever questioned your own senses or doubted your sanity… . A classic of Gothic literature, prized for its ambiguity and sophistication.” —The New York Times
About The Author
Henry James
Henry James was born in 1843 in New York and died in London in 1916. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl.
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