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The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

Form
Form Novella
Year
Year 1898
Pages
Pages 130

A young governess takes charge of two orphaned children at a remote country house and becomes convinced that the ghosts of two dead servants are pursuing them, until her last effort to save the boy ends with him dead in her arms.

If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to TWO children—?
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

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