The Turning

By Henry James

A governess fears a sinister force threatens her young charges. Is it real or imagined?

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In a remote country house, a young governess is tasked with caring for two orphans, Miles and Flora. As eerie occurrences unfold, she becomes convinced a malevolent force is targeting the children. But is this threat truly supernatural, or is something else at play? Dive into Henry James's chilling tales, where the line between the living and the dead blurs, and every shadow hides a secret. Discover the haunting mysteries in 'The Turn of the Screw' and other stories that explore madness, grief, and the uncanny.

From the publisher

One of the greatest ghost stories ever told, The Turn of the Screw is now a feature film from Universal Pictures premiering January 24th, produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Finn Wolfhard and Mackenzie Davis This unsettling collection brings together eight of Henry James’s tales exploring ghosts and the uncanny, including his infamous ghost story, The Turn of the Screw, a work saturated with evil. James’s haunting masterpiece tells 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? This collection also includes The Jolly Corner, Owen Wingrave, and further tales of visitations, premonitions, madness, grief, and family secrets, where the living are just as mysterious and unknowable as the dead. In these chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension.

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