The Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller

by Henry James

Paperback, 1954

Status

Available

Publication

Laurel (1954), Paperback, 192 pages

Description

A timeless gothic novella, Henry James's The Turn of the Screw follows the transformation of Miles (age 10) and Flora (age 8) from well-behaved children to deceitful liars. When a governess comes to their country estate to look after the children, she and Flora are separately visited by ghosts. However, Flora denies the experience and Miles claims to never have been visited by one, even when evidence supports an evil plot between the children and the ghosts. Devoid of common ghost story stereotypes, this timeless story is full of suspense, supernatural phenomenon, and thrills to frighten and delight any listener.

User reviews

LibraryThing member TerriS
Just finished these two. I think I liked "The Turn of the Screw" best because it was a suspenseful ghost story and it really held my attention. I could never exactly figure out what "Daisy Miller" was about. Just a girl who was young and kind of naive and people didn't like it when she didn't go by
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their social rules. And it was only 90 pages, so I didn't really think it said too much -- at least not to me.
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Language

Original publication date

1878 (Daisy Miller)
1898 (Turn of the Screw)

Physical description

192 p.; 4.5 x 0.5 inches

ISBN

0440391547 / 9780440391548
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