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Sheila A.: IMG On Storytelling: The Powells.com Interview with Donald Miller

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Aspern Papers & the Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

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ISBN13: 9780140432244
ISBN10: 0140432248
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The two tales in this edition, The Aspern Papers and The Turn of the Screw, reveal at its finest James's genius for creating a world out of a single incident and charging it with unforgettable dramatic tension.

A story of 'spoils and stratagems', The Aspern Papers is set in a crumbling Venetian palazzo, where an old woman treasures up some letters sent to her by the great American poet, Aspern. When a zealous literary historian arrives and attempts to prise the letters from her, he finds his charm, ingenuity and morals stretched to breaking point.

'It is a most wonderful, lurid, poisonous little tale' wrote Oscar Wilde of The Turn of the Screw, James's most puzzling and controversial work. In the story of a governess newly in charge of two small children, haunted by ghosts, our imagination is miraculously set free to conjure up terrors never precisely named or explained.

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In these two chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension. The Turn of the Screw 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 The Aspern Papers, 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.
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Anthony Curtis was the literary editor of the Financial Times from 1970-1990 and published a number of books about Somerset Maugham.
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ISBN:
9780140432244
Author:
James, Henry
Author:
Curtis, Anthony
Author:
Curtis, Anthony
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Location:
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ;
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
American
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Psychological fiction, American
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 263-270.
Series:
Penguin English Library
Series Volume:
10/18
Publication Date:
20030930
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
7.07x4.31x.65 in. .34 lbs.
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