Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Konemann (1998), Hardcover, 300 pages
Description
Whether viewed as a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, or simply as "the most hopelessly evil story we have ever read," The Turn of the Screw is probably the most famous of ghostly tales and certainlythe most eerily equivocal. This new edition includes three rarely reprinted ghost stories from the 1890s, "Sir Edmund Orme," "Owen Wingrave," and "The Friends of the Friends," as well as relevant extracts from James's notebooks and journals.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Clara53
As for the quality of writing, Henry James always comes through. It's always beautiful. Though in this collection of stories, I found his sentences, on the whole, quite long, knotty, and tangled, requiring re-reading at times. As for the stories themselves, ghosts and the supernatural are not
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exactly my cup of tea, especially the title story - didn't care for it at all. Still, Henry James remains superb in his power of description. Show Less
LibraryThing member JVioland
A horror story? Really? I didn't find it too scary. Well written and tight because it was short!
Language
Original publication date
1966
Physical description
300 p.; 6.6 inches
ISBN
3895082317 / 9783895082313
Local notes
lr 2/8