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The Turn of the Screw

Name: The Turn of the Screw
Author: Henry James

1898 Completed

Horror

A young governess arrives at a remote English estate to care for two orphaned children. She becomes convinced the house is haunted by ghosts with designs on her charges — but the true horror may lie elsewhere.

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43,352 Words

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1 Prologue January 1, 1898 13 min read Unread 0

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