1929. American-born writer, gifted with talents in literature, psychology, and philosophy. James wrote 20 novels, 112 stories, 12 plays and works of literary criticism. Among James's most famous literary works are The Europeans, his commercial success Daisy Miller, the critically acclaimed Washington Square, and The Bostonians. James's most famous tales include The Turn of the Screw, which was first published serially in Collier's Weekly, and then with another story in this volume, The Two Magics. The short story is written mostly in the form of a journal, kept by a governess, who works on a lonely estate in England. She tries to save her two young charges, Flora and Miles, two both innocent and corrupted children, from the demonic influence of the apparitions of two former servants in the household, steward Peter Quint and the previous governess Miss Jessel. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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I REMEMBER the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little see-saw of the right throbs and the wrong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Captain Yule, Clement Yule, Miss Prodmore, Miss Jessel, Missoura Top, Hall Pegg, Harley Street, Cora Prodmore, Master Miles, Peter Quint, Miss Flora, Poor Cora New!
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I REMEMBER the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little see-saw of the right throbs and the wrong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Captain Yule, Clement Yule, Miss Prodmore, Miss Jessel, Missoura Top, Hall Pegg, Harley Street, Cora Prodmore, Master Miles, Peter Quint, Miss Flora, Poor Cora New!
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- Covering End by Henry, Jr. James in Front Matter
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry James on 4 pages
- The Notebooks of Henry James by F. O. Matthiessen on page 186, and page 301
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels by Henry James in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- London Assurance and other Victorian Comedies (Oxford World's Classics) by Dion Boucicault in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Edith Wharton: The Contemporary Reviews (American Critical Archives) by James W. Tuttleton on page 18
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