Henry James

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1) The turn of the screw and other stories

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World's classics

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"The Turn of the Screw," one of Henry James's most popular novellas, is an intense psychological tale of terror. In an old house on Christmas Eve a Governess comes to live with and take care of two young children. The Governess loves her new position in charge of the children, however she is soon disturbed when she begins to see ghosts. This classic story is included in this volume with the three other following tales: "The Friends of the Friends,"...

2) The turn of the screw

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Mackin classics
Everyman's library
Penguin classics

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Written in 1897, The Turn of the Screw remains one of the most suspenseful and fascinating ghost stories ever written. A governess arrives at an isolated English mansion to care for two seemingly angelic but rather strange young children, and the appearance of two evil phantoms leads her to question her sanity. Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the...

3) Daisy Miller and other stories

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Oxford world's classics

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Daisy Miller, a naive young American woman traveling in Europe with her family, finds it difficult to understand Europen society.

4) The turn of the screw, and other short novels

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Pub. Date

c2007

5) Collected travel writings: The continent

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Series

Library of America ; 065

Pub. Date

c1993

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Collects James's travel writings, describing France, Italy, Switzerland, and Holland.

6) Complete stories, 1892-1898

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Series

Library of America ; 082

Pub. Date

c1996

7) The Turn of the Screw

Pub. Date

1995

8) Literary criticism

Author

Pub. Date

[1984]

9) Novels, 1881-1886

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Pub. Date

1985

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Washington Square-The portrait of a lady-The Bostonians.

10) Novels, 1871-1880

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Pub. Date

[1983]

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Five novels dramatize the interaction of Americans with more sophisticated Europeans.

11) Henry James: Complete stories 1898-1910

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Library of America

Pub. Date

c1996

12) The turn of the screw: and, Daisy Miller

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Pub. Date

1954

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In The turn of the screw, a governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.

13) Henry James: complete stories 1884-1891

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Pub. Date

c1999

14) The turn of the screw and other short fiction

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Pub. Date

c1983

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Contains five short fiction stories by nineteenth-century American writer Henry James, including the title work about two children whose new governess believes are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants.

15) Novels, 1886-1890

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Pub. Date

c1989

16) Novels, 1896-1899: The other house; The spoils of Poynton; What Maisie knew; The awkward age

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Pub. Date

[2003]

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Collects four complete novels of Henry James, depicting murder, jealousy, possessiveness, power, divorce, friendship, and innocence

17) The turn of the screw: The lesson of the master

Author

Pub. Date

[1930] 1957

18) Complete stories, 1898-1910

Author

Pub. Date

c1996

19) Collected travel writings: Great Britain and America

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Pub. Date

c1993

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Collects James's travel writings, describing London, Wells, Salisbury, Suffolk, and Derby in England, and the eastern section of the United States.

20) Short novels

Author

Series

Great illustrated classics

Pub. Date

[1961]