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Title details for The Turn of the Screw and the Aspern Papers by Henry James - Wait list

The Turn of the Screw and the Aspern Papers

by Henry James
Anthony Curtis
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The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. Meanwhile The Aspern Papers explores obsession of a more worldly kind, with its tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet. Such is his drive, he is quite prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims...
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 26, 2003

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780141920511
  • Release date: June 26, 2003

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780141920511
  • File size: 333 KB
  • Release date: June 26, 2003

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Horror

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:520
Text Difficulty:1-3

The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. Meanwhile The Aspern Papers explores obsession of a more worldly kind, with its tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet. Such is his drive, he is quite prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims...
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Classic Literature Fiction Horror
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