Henry James

Turn of the Screw (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An unnamed narrator listens to a male friend reading a manuscript telling the story of how a young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the death of their parents. He lives mainly in London and is not interested in raising the children himself. The imagery of The Turn of the Screw is reminiscent of the gothic genre, creating intimate confusion and suspense.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Max Bollinger
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781909175822
• Artikelnr.: 52950028

Autorenporträt

Henry James (1843 - 1916) was an iconic figure of nineteenth-century literature. Among his many masterpieces are The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Europeans, The Golden Bowl and Washington Square. As well as fiction, James produced several works of travel literature and biography and was one of the great letter-writers of any age. A contemporary and friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, Edith Wharton and Joseph Conrad, James continues to exert a major influence on generations of novelists and writers.

Rezensionen

There are phrases and scenes in the book written with such skill and care and trickery as to make any reader follow it with a great unease . . . It is a very frightening story Colm Tóibín Guardian