Author: Henry JamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Novels and Stories: The altar of the dead. The beast in the jungle. The birthplace. The private life. Owen Wingrave. The friends of the friends. Sir Edmund Orme. The real right thing. The jolly corner. Julia Bride
Author: Henry JamesThe Turn of the Screw and Other Stories
Author: Henry JamesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192669214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house. She sees the figure of an unknown man on the tower and his face at the window. It is Peter Quint, the master's dissolute valet, and he has come for little Miles. But Peter Quint is dead. Like the other tales collected here - `Sir Edmund Orme', `Owen Wingrave', and `The Friends of the Friends' - `The Turn of the Screw' is to all immediate appearances a ghost story. But are the appearances what they seem? Is what appears to the governess a ghost or a hallucination? Who else sees what she sees? The reader may wonder whether the children are victims of corruption from beyond the grave, or victims of the governess's `infernal imagination', which torments but also entrals her? `The Turn of the Screw' is probably the most famous, certainly the most eerily equivocal, of all ghostly tales. Is it a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease? Or is it simply, `the most hopelessly evil story that we have ever read'? The texts are those of the New York Edition, with a new Introduction and Notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Novels and Tales of Henry James
Author: Henry JamesHenry James and the Ghostly
Author: T. J. LustigPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521131599
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The importance of ghosts, and liminal experience in general, in the fiction of Henry James.
Critical Companion to Henry James
Author: Eric L. HaralsonPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438117272
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Examines the life and writings of Henry James including detailed synopses of his works, explanations of literary terms, biographies of friends and family, and social and historical influences.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2250
Book Description
Novels and Stories of Henry James: The Europeans
Author: Henry JamesNovels and Stories of Henry James: The altar of the dead ; The beast in the jungle ; The birthplace ; The private life ; Owen
Author: Henry JamesAdult Catalog: Authors
Author: Los Angeles County Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description