The Turn of the Screw & The Aspern Papers

from pgmcc

As with every tale of horror "The Turn of the Screw" isolates the primary character, in this case the governess of two young children. It also isolates those around her as it takes place in a country home to which "The Master" never visits and from whence he wants no news or communications. Withi...

from JBD1

Two very different stories, but I enjoyed each for its own reasons, though I haven't read much if any Henry James before. I kept hearing that "The Turn of the Screw" was a good ghost story, so I had to give it a try. I didn't enjoy it as much as I do those of M.R. James and others, but it was fin...

from OscarWilde87

Published in 1898, The Turn of the Screw is a ghost story in novella length. A young governess is hired to look after the niece and nephew of a man who seems not to be interested in raising the children himself after the death of their parents. Soon after the governess has arrived at Bly she meet...

from LizaHa

Kids are so creepy! You want to protect them, but then god knows what they know already. They are cute, at least, but so cute that you just want to hold them, and keep them safe, and close, so close to you forever. And ever. Uh oh! Who is creepy now? Some people say this is really about Alice Jam...

from booktsunami

Henry James is one of those writers that I have heard a lot about. Maybe, I've even read some of his work along the way but really I'm pretty ignorant of his work. In fact, I found myself confounding him with that other famous American writer....Edgar Allan Poe. Anyway, I found this book, with tw...