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The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

Start date: January 1, 2015

Finish date: January 31, 2015

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Why we're reading this: This is the group read for January. It is a short read and it has the higher rating for his shorter stori…more
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Mar 28, 2016 Kasper rated it it was amazing

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James' peerless novella builds in intensity due to perpetual ambiguity and postponement. The wordings are far from straightforward. Then again, neither are the narrator's thought processes.

The very last paragraph reminded me somewhat of the shot of the wobbling top at the end of Nolan's film 'Inception' - concluding the narrative, yet potentially drastically changing your interpretation.

Now that I have returned to James' deceptive puzzle, and mulled it over, I can't wait to revisit it again to ...more

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