{"product_id":"turn-of-the-screw","title":"Turn of the Screw (Penguin Classics) by Henry James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling ghost story, wrought with tantalising ambiguity, the basis for the new Netflix series \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Bly Manor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary', \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled 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? \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e is James's 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\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition contains a chronology, further reading, notes and an introduction by David Bromwich examining the dark ambiguity of James's work and the inseparability of narrative from point-of-view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Remarkably vivid and disquieting . . . Whether this beloved 19th-century novella retains the power to frighten you depends on the degree to which you've ever questioned your own senses or doubted your sanity. . . . A classic of Gothic literature, prized for its ambiguity and sophistication.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1843-1916) is the author of such classic novels as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaisy Miller, The Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bromwich\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Sterling Professor of English at Yale University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Age: 18 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 27, 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780141441351\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e0.5\" H x 7.7\" L x 5.0\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549874806970,"sku":"9780141441351","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_269d9d8b-6532-415d-af8a-de997418732a.jpg?v=1769771568","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/turn-of-the-screw","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}