{"product_id":"2940173787019","title":"The Turn of the Screw: Penguin Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA chilling ghost story, wrought with tantalising ambiguity, Henry James' \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw \u003c\/i\u003eis edited with an introduction and notes by David Bromwich in Penguin Classics.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary', \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw \u003c\/i\u003etells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUnsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a malign and ghostly presence or something else entirely? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw \u003c\/i\u003eis James' great masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension and has influenced subsequent ghost stories and films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Deborah Kerr, and \u003ci\u003eThe Others\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Nicole Kidman.   \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition contains a chronology, further reading, notes and an introduction by David Bromwich examining the dark ambiguity of James' work and the inseparability of narrative from point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHenry James (1843-1916), son of a prominent theologian and brother to the philosopher William James, was one of the most celebrated novelists of the fin de siècle. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, biographies and autobiographies, and much travel writing, he wrote some 20 novels. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHis novella \u003ci\u003eDaisy Miller\u003c\/i\u003e (1878) established him as a literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic, and his other novels in Penguin Classics include \u003ci\u003eWashington Square \u003c\/i\u003e(1880), \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady \u003c\/i\u003e(1881), \u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Age \u003c\/i\u003e(1899), \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove \u003c\/i\u003e(1902), \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassadors \u003c\/i\u003e(1903) and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bowl \u003c\/i\u003e(1904).  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Edgar Allen Poe's \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106362573040,"sku":"2940173787019","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940173787019_p0.jpg?v=1763860398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940173787019","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}