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The Turn of the Screw
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A governess caring for two children at a remote English estate becomes convinced the house is haunted by menacing figures. This classic tale of psychological mystery suits readers who enjoy ambiguous ghost stories and Gothic fiction.
Henry James
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
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