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Turn Of The Screw New Edition


Young Adult Classics

No. of pages 48

Published: 1999

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A young lady arrives at a big country house to teach two children. Strange things start to happen. The children are very beautiful but are they as innocent as they seem? And how did the last governess die? A terrible story of ghosts and evil begins. Henry James (1843 - 1916) wrote this story in 1898. Many people think it's the best ghost story ever written.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Penguin, Penguin Joint Venture Readers, Penguin Readers, Young Adult Classics .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 1999 by Pearson Education Limited .

 

This book contains the following story:

The Turn of the Screw

"The Turn of the Screw" is a novella written by Henry James, first published in 1898. It is a classic ghost story and a notable example of Victorian ghost fiction. The novella is renowned for its ambiguity and psychological complexity. Here's a summary of the plot:

The story begins with a group of people gathering at a house to share ghost stories. One of the guests, Douglas, tells the tale of a young governess who was hired to care for two orphaned children, Flora and Miles, at a remote country estate in Essex, England.

Upon arriving at Bly, the governess becomes enamored with the charming and precocious children. However, her idyllic experience soon takes a sinister turn when she begins to see the ghosts of Peter Quint, the former valet, and Miss Jessel, the previous governess. These apparitions appear to exert a malevolent influence over the children.

The governess learns from Mrs. Grose, the housekeeper, that Quint and Miss Jessel had been involved in an illicit relationship while they were alive. Both ghosts are now dead, but their influence seems to persist. The governess becomes increasingly obsessed with protecting the children from the corrupting influence of these apparitions, even though she is the only one who can see them. She struggles with her own sanity and the possibility that the children might be aware of the ghosts' presence.

The novella is characterized by its ambiguity, leaving readers to question whether the ghosts are real supernatural entities or figments of the governess's imagination. The story explores themes of innocence, corruption, and the blurred line between reality and the supernatural. The psychological tension and uncertainty make "The Turn of the Screw" a compelling and enduring work in the genre of psychological horror and gothic fiction.

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Penguin Readers
Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. At the end of each book there is a section of exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from 'Easystarts' with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: 'Contemporary', 'Classics' or 'Originals'.

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