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The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

Start date: April 8, 2013

Finish date: April 8, 2013

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Mar 24, 2012 Tracey rated it liked it · review of another edition

I listened to the Librivox recording via Heather Ordover's Craftlit.

The Turn of the Screw was ... strange. I wasn't as in love with it, or with Henry James, as Heather Ordover was. I was almost as enthusiastic about the narrator as she was, though; Nikolle Doolin was indeed pretty fabulous, and it will be well worth seeking out her other projects.

But the book ... Were there ghosts or weren't there? What was it that Miles did at school that the headmaster wouldn't put into words? Just how unrel ...more

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Aug 29, 2019 Liesl rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: novella, adapted-for-film, adapted-for-tv, audiobook, 2019, overdue

A brief ghost story that dabbles in intriguing themes. Although I'm not sure the opening framing device is entirely necessary, the tale is fairly straightforward, yet the ending leaves all that has occurred open to interpretation. I appreciate both the writing and the influence that this novella has had on future works, yet overall I found it a bit underwhelming; I've come to the conclusion due to my increased recent reading within the horror genre that gothic fiction, classic or recent, is rath ...more

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Mar 28, 2018 Angela rated it it was ok

Shelves: book-club

I really did not like this story. I didn’t find it terrifying, as intended, just frustrating. Nothing is resolved; the problem isn’t even clear. The ambiguity will make for interesting book club discussion, I hope.

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