An edition ofThe Turn of the Screw (1898)
The turn of the screw
& The lesson of the master
byHenry James
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An edition ofThe Turn of the Screw (1898)
The turn of the screw
& The lesson of the master
byHenry James
- ★★★3.3 (29 ratings)·
- 236Want to read
- 10Currently reading
- 53Have read
The turn of the screw
This volume contains two acclaimed short works by the great American writer Henry James (1843-1916). His famous novella The Turn of the Screw, concerning the governess of two small children, brilliantly illustrates James's theory of the horror story. A true psychological thriller, it leaves open the question whether the children are being "corrupted" by malevolent spirits or by their neurotic mistress.
The Lesson of the Master is a richly told tale of the young writer Paul Overt, who is "saved" by the renowned novelist Henry St. George. St. George leads Overt on the path of renunciation to literary greatness, even as he, St. George, renounces his own art for a life of comfort and complacency.
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02 The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) October 30, 1998, Penguin Books in English 0140620613 9780140620610 | cccc |
03 The turn of the screw: & The lesson of the master 1996, Prometheus Books in English 1573920991 9781573920995 | aaaa |
04 The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 1992, Oxford University Press in English 0192829270 9780192829276 | cccc |
05 The Turn of the Screw 1991, Dover Publications, The Modern Library in English 0486266842 9780486266848 | eeee |
06 The turn of the screw: an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, essays in criticism 1989, WW Norton in English 0393096696 9780393096699 | cccc |
07 The Turn of the Screw February 1983, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers Paperback in English 0817220275 9780817220273 | cccc |
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09 The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 1969, Penguin, Penguin (Non-Classics) in English 0140030263 9780140030266 | cccc |
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11 The turn of the screw.: An authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, essays in criticism. 1966, W. W. Norton in English - [1st ed.] | eeee |
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- Amherst, N.Y
- Series
- Literary classics
- Other Titles
- Turn of the screw ; and, The lesson of the master, Lesson of the master.
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- Dewey Decimal Class
- 813/.4
- Library of Congress
- PS2116 .T8 1996b, PS2116.T8 1996b
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- viii, 211 p. ;
- Number of pages
- 211
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- OL972752M
- Internet Archive
- turnofscrewlesso0000jame
- ISBN 10
- 1573920991
- LCCN
- 96009624
- OCLC/WorldCat
- 34984059
- Library Thing
- 437320
- Goodreads
- 811807
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- OL276386W
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The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.
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