false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg 12950 13 In these two chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension. <I>The Turn of the Screw</I> tells of a young governess sent to a country home to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. Obsession of a more worldly variety lies at the heart of <I>The Aspern Papers</I>, the tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet-and prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims. 132303 1984 The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers (Penguin Classics) total:459|5:117|4:191|3:110|2:35|1:6| 459 1755 694 60 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 1 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 11:43:08 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 11:53:40 -0800 2009 The Aspern Papers. No idea what that's about. This review is for The Turn of the Screw.

This is a great book if you want to explore the concept of unreliable narrators. Apparently there's nothing in James' correspondence or notes to indica...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 05:52:46 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 06:01:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 23:29:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:52:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 07:57:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:01:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 3 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 16:55:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 02:59:41 -0700 2009
I felt ...more...]]> 609045 0140432248 9780140432244 15 3 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176265439m/609045.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/609045.The_Aspern_Papers_and_The_Turn_of_the_Screw 2 0 false Sun Apr 05 09:10:31 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 09:12:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 true Thu Sep 11 01:55:09 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 06:00:10 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 01:55:09 -0700 2008 I like the language of Henry James, although at times it is too convoluted with very long sentences. However, I did not like the story too much because it brings out a certain social problem... of which it depressing to think because there is no solution provided within this story since a solu...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 17:46:07 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 10:41:10 -0700 2008 The Turn of the Screw before, many times, and taught it as well. The difference, this time, is I'm teaching it to high school sophomores, so I'm trying to recapture that first-read feeling ... trying to reach back in time and forget that "but what if there are no ghosts" suspici...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 15:56:59 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 11:36:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 3 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 13:42:08 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 11:41:38 -0700 2007 The Turn of the Screw; I haven't read The Aspern Papers yet.]

Ok, in order to wrap my mind around this book somewhat, I had to read almost as much material about it as was in it. But now, benefitted by Wikipedia's abbreviated summary of critical responses, by a...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 3 0 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 06:11:14 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:53:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 05:54:28 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:04:26 -0700 2009
Some people say this is really about ...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 2 0 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 31 07:15:07 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 13:16:11 -0800 2009 The Aspern Papers but I'm not sure if I want to read The Turn of the Screw. I somehow kept expecting that something would happen in The Aspern Papers, that something interesting would happen. It didn't. It read much like someone's diary and there were small details that I thought d...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 5 0 false Tue Jan 15 14:02:53 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 03 07:58:16 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 08:06:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 2 0 false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 19:56:37 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 08:10:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 17 16:32:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 16:33:08 -0700 2009
Mmmm, Gothic Fiction at its finest. I wrote my research paper on this book and I just love it. The creepiness, the ambiguity, the frustration of knowing that more ink has been spilled over this little novella than anything ever? All part of the fun.]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 22:02:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 22:03:53 -0700 2009 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 1 0 false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:27:26 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 07:35:36 -0800 2009
This is the first Henry James I've read, and I also found his style so wordy and his par...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 4 0 false Sat Jul 05 11:37:25 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 11:43:27 -0700 2008
The Aspern Papers is a highly enjoyable novella, with a wonderful setting and a sma...more...]]> 12950 0141439904 9780141439907 435 55 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512788m/12950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12950.The_Turn_of_the_Screw_and_The_Aspern_Papers 5 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:43:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:46:10 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12950