The Turn of the Screw and Others

To read Henry James is to step into a world meticulously imagined and utterly singular—a realm shaped by exquisite language and inhabited by richly drawn, intricately complex characters.

Devious children, warring lovers, impulsive American girls, dense bachelors, enigmatic spinsters, and elegant Europeans fill these five compelling nouvelles, which span both the early and late periods of James’s career. From the sinister visions that torment the governess in The Turn of the Screw to the unsettling self-examination of a self-absorbed man in The Beast in the Jungle, the subtle turns of human behavior are observed with cool precision and profound insight. Together, these works affirm Henry James’s stature as a master of psychological realism and one of the great prose stylists of modern English literature.