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- 313 stron
- 11 godzin czytania
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The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas Eve. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house plagued by supernatural visitors. But in the hands of Henry James, the master of nuance, this little tale of terror is an exquisite gem of sexual and psychological ambiguity. Only the young governess can see the ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil purpose. The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the children's uncle) is absent. Why does the young girl claim not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates spine-tingling anxiety in its mesmerized readers.
Zakup książki
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James, Peter G. Beidler
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1994
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- The Turn of the Screw
- Podtytuł
- Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Henry James, Peter G. Beidler
- Wydawca
- Bedford Books
- Rok wydania
- 1994
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 313
- ISBN10
- 0312080832
- ISBN13
- 9780312080839
- Seria
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Tematyka psychologiczna, Opowiadania, Literatura amerykańska, Zjawiska nadprzyrodzone, Śmierć, XIX wiek, Anglia, Prezenty dla mężczyzn, Filmowa adaptacja, Krytyka literacka, Nowele, Duchy & Zjawy, Gotyka, Lektury obowiązkowe, Epoka Wiktoriańska, Serialowe adaptacje, Niania, Nawiedzony dom, Narracja pierwszoosobowa
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1898
- Oryginalna nazwa
- The Turn of the Screw
- Ocena
- 3,4 z 5
- Opis
- The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas Eve. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house plagued by supernatural visitors. But in the hands of Henry James, the master of nuance, this little tale of terror is an exquisite gem of sexual and psychological ambiguity. Only the young governess can see the ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil purpose. The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the children's uncle) is absent. Why does the young girl claim not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates spine-tingling anxiety in its mesmerized readers.