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- Author: Henry James
- Published: October 13, 1843
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The Turn of the Screw is a 19th century novella written by Henry James. Controversial in nature, every school of literary criticism has a different interpretation of this ghostly story.
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About Henry James
Henry James was born April 15, 1916 in New York City. His father was an a wealthy intellectual and allowed his son to receive a top notch eduction. James was able to study all over Europe, including Geneva, London and Paris. His first novel, Watch Andy Ward, was published in 1871. His other notable works include Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady and Wings Of The Dove. He spent most of his adulthood outside of the United States and even went 25 years without setting foot on American soil. -
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The Turn of the Screw Quotes
- SparkNotes: The Turn of the Screw Important Quotations Explained
- "No; it was a big, ugly, antique, but convenient house, embodying a few features of a building still older, half replaced and half utilized, in which I had the fancy of our being almost as lost as a handful of passengers in a great drifting ship. Well, I was, strangely, at the helm!" -The Governess, Chapter 1
- NovelGuide: The Turn of the Screw Top 10 Quotes
- "If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to two children-?" -Douglas, p.3
- "I'm rather easily carried away." -The Governess, p.14
- "How can I retrace to-day the strange steps of my obsession?" -The Governess, p.68
- Wikiquote: Henry James Quotes
- "The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theater after the performance — all strewn with crumpled playbills." -Ch. XIII
- "I caught him, yes, I held him — it may be imagined with what a passion; but at the end of a minute I began to feel what it truly was that I held. We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped." -Ch. XXIV
- LitQuotes: The Turn of the Screw Quotes
- "The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be..."
- English Open Access: Turn of the Screw Quotes and Commentary
- "Nobody but me, till now, has ever heard. It's quite too horrible."
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- SparkNotes: The Turn of the Screw Important Quotations Explained
