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The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

134 pages

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About this book

The classic ghost story about a high-strung governess and the two young children who may--or may not--be plotting with the diabolical Peter Quint.

Themes
Dark & BroodingMysteriousStrange & UnsettlingThought-ProvokingUnreliable perception of realityCorruption of childhood innocencePsychological ambiguity of evilIsolation in domestic spaces
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