Henry James
The Turn of the Screw
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The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
English · 1898 · Fiction
Henry James's novella presents a governess's account of apparitions at a remote English country house, read for its deliberate and much-debated ambiguity.
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Prologue Chapter I I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops… Chapter II This came home to me when, two days later, I drove over with Flora to… Chapter III Her thus turning her back on me was fortunately not, for my just… Chapter IV It was not that I didn’t wait, on this occasion, for more, for I was… Chapter V Oh, she let me know as soon as, round the corner of the house, she… Chapter VI It took of course more than that particular passage to place us… Chapter VII I got hold of Mrs. Grose as soon after this as I could; and I can… Chapter VIII What I had said to Mrs. Grose was true enough: there were in the… Chapter IX I waited and waited, and the days, as they elapsed, took something… Chapter X I remained awhile at the top of the stair, but with the effect… Chapter XI It was not till late next day that I spoke to Mrs. Grose; the rigor… Chapter XII The particular impression I had received proved in the morning light… Chapter XIII It was all very well to join them, but speaking to them proved quite… Chapter XIV Walking to church a certain Sunday morning, I had little Miles at my… Chapter XV The business was practically settled from the moment I never followed… Chapter XVI I had so perfectly expected that the return of my pupils would be… Chapter XVII I went so far, in the evening, as to make a beginning. The weather… Chapter XVIII The next day, after lessons, Mrs. Grose found a moment to say to me… Chapter XIX We went straight to the lake, as it was called at Bly, and I daresay… Chapter XX Just as in the churchyard with Miles, the whole thing was upon us.… Chapter XXI Before a new day, in my room, had fully broken, my eyes opened to… Chapter XXII Yet it was when she had got off—and I missed her on the spot—that the… Chapter XXIII “Oh, more or less.” I fancy my smile was pale. “Not absolutely. We… Chapter XXIV My sense of how he received this suffered for a minute from something… Get a printed copy via Print-on-Demand
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