num_pages: 221
description: To read a story by Henry James is to enter a world - a rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complex characters. In this classic novella, a young governess who goes to an isolated English estate to take charge of two precocious children gradually realizes that her young charges are under the evil influence of the ghosts of the family's ex-steward and former governess.
language: English
title: The Turn of the Screw
titlecomplete: The Turn of the Screw
characters: Flora (Turn of the Screw), Mrs. Grose, Miles (Turn of the Screw), Peter Quint, Miss Jessel
genres: Classics, Paranormal, Ghosts, Mystery, Gothic, Audiobook, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 147792
places: Essex, England, London, England
publisher: Thorndike Press