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  2. Oct 9, 2020 · Ever since its publication, Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, about a governess attempting to protect two young children from evil ghosts in an isolated country house, has terrified and...

  3. The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London.

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  4. Oct 13, 2020 · Is The Turn of the Screw based on a true story? As reported by Popbuzz, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is entirely fictional. While there are several differences between the novella and...

  5. Feb 10, 2022 · Quickly becoming Henry James’s most popular piece of short fiction, The Turn of the Screw reflects the significant shift that occurred in James’s writing during the late 1890s—the period identified as his “experimental phase.”

  6. Jun 5, 2023 · The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is a novella of shadows, lurking dread and psychological menace. The story is deceptively simple: a vulnerable, highly sensitive young woman takes the position of governess at Bly, a remote manor house.

  7. May 30, 2024 · The Turn of the Screw, novella by Henry James, published serially in Collier’s Weekly in 1898 and published in book form later that year. One of the world’s most famous ghost stories, the tale is told mostly through the journal of a governess and depicts her struggle to save her two young charges.

  8. Feb 18, 2019 · Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson were both inspired by horrifying nightmares, but – typical of Henry James – the writer of the ultimate literary ghost story was motivated by a polite conversation over a crackling fire.