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The Turn of the Screw
Henry James (1843–1916)
25 chapters and parts · about 4 hours to read
What the book is about
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is a gothic horror novella published in 1898. A young governess arrives at a remote country estate to care for two children, only to become convinced that supernatural forces haunt the grounds. As she witnesses mysterious figures and grows increasingly alarmed by the children's behavior, the line between reality and imagination blurs. This unsettling tale has captivated readers for over a century with its deliberate ambiguity, leaving the true nature of the horror chillingly uncertain.
This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.
- Children
- England
- Ghost stories
- Governesses
- Psychological fiction
Chapters
- Opening pagesabout 14 minutes
- Chapter Iabout 9 minutes
- Chapter IIabout 7 minutes
- Chapter IIIabout 11 minutes
- Chapter IVabout 11 minutes
- Chapter Vabout 6 minutes
- Chapter VIabout 13 minutes
- Chapter VIIabout 7 minutes
- Chapter VIIIabout 10 minutes
- Chapter IXabout 10 minutes
- Chapter Xabout 9 minutes
- Chapter XIabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XIIabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XIIIabout 10 minutes
- Chapter XIVabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XVabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XVIabout 5 minutes
- Chapter XVIIabout 8 minutes
- Chapter XVIIIabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XIXabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XXabout 9 minutes
- Chapter XXIabout 10 minutes
- Chapter XXIIabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XXIIIabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XXIVabout 10 minutes
The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #209, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.





