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| The Turn of the Screw, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) | 
| Author: Henry James
Creators: Deborah Esch, Jonathan Warren
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 339211
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 039395904X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780393959048
ASIN: 039395904X
Publication Date: July 19, 1999
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Amazon.com Review
The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas Eve. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house plagued by supernatural visitors. But in the hands of Henry James, the master of nuance, this little tale of terror is an exquisite gem of sexual and psychological ambiguity. Only the young governess can see the ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil purpose. The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the children's uncle) is absent. Why does the young girl claim not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates spine-tingling anxiety in its mesmerized readers.
Product Description
On the centenary of its initial publication in 1898, "The Turn of the Screw" remains one of Henry James' most remarkable narratives, one whose popularity when it was published is matched by its power to stir readers today. It is one of James' most teachable texts, and therefore provides an introduction to the intricacies of James' style and technique in the novels of the "major phase". This edition provides the New York edition text, with history and notes, accompanied by revised background and source materials.
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 wow. December 1, 2008
Too bad people today are too stupid to read. It appears that if it takes longer than 30 minutes to tell a story from start to finish that it's not interesting.This book is brilliant; it's classic. If you're smart, read it. If you're a moron, watch Sponge Bob.
 Title October 2, 2008
If you are just wanting the story, don't get this version. This version has all of the analytical stuff in it. The print is very little, too.
Turn of the screw... May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this to be a rather boring classic. I just couldn't really get interested in it enough to not be confused. I didn't even understand what happened in the end. I stayed confused for most of the book. I started over several times but still couldn't keep up with who was speaking who they were speaking about. So I can't recommend this book. Sorry.
 Honestly? Don't read it for fun. March 24, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's hard to know how to rate this. Of course, it's ridiculously presumptuous for me to give a classic of English literature anything less than the full rating, but honestly? It's hard to read. The sentences are so elliptical, and the sensibilities of the narrator so difficult for a modern reader to intuit, that I finally rated it for its appeal to a casual reader. Reading it now, I didn't really suffer any thrills of horror. The ghost story really hasn't been the same since Stephen King started writing. Instead, what struck me was the flightiness of the governess, her daisy-chains of inference, and at least two instances where she reports things to the housekeeper as facts that contradict elements of her own narrative. That's the beauty of the story for me, the deftness with which James instills doubt about the credibility of his narrator. So, as a foundation of the horror genre and part of the English lit cannon, may every library contain at least one copy. But it's probably best actually read in the context of a class, where it can be appreciated for its structure and significance and no one will expect reading it to actually be fun.
An OK novella March 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Turn of the Screw is an alright novel if you like that sort of reading, it requires in depth dissection of everything said, and you get no real answers in the end, which is what I really didn't like, though I have theories of my own. After the initial read I was very disappointed, I had been told that it was a great novel; however, after discussing the book in my American novels class, many things were revealed to me that I had not noticed before.
For those of you that don't like dissecting books and just want to sit down and enjoy a good read, I really don't recommend this story. However if you enjoy picking stories apart you will love this book. For me it was a 50/50 toss up book, not great but not bad either.
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