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.
- ISBN10 1573920991
- ISBN13 9781573920995
- Publish Date 1 October 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 November 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prometheus Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 222
- Language English