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Michael

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  • The Turn of the Screw | [Henry James]
    The Turn of the Screw
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    The Turn of the Screw

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 45 mins)
    • By Henry James
    • Narrated By Simon Vance, Vanessa Benjamin
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (87)
    Performance
    (38)
    Story
    (38)

    One of the world's most famous intellectual ghost stories, The Turn of the Screw is a haunting tale of suspected supernatural possession. A governess at a country house claims that Miles and Flora, two orphaned children in her care, are being controlled by spirits for some evil purpose. No one else can see the ghosts, and the children themselves are silent. Are they being dominated by spectral forces, or are they hiding something? Is the governess simply paranoid, or is something else going on?

    Darwin8u says: "Compelling, creepy and rich in its ambiguity"
    "Strange, ambiguous - a dissatisfaction that lasts"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What did you like best about The Turn of the Screw? What did you like least?

    It had a captivating tension that unfolded both slowly and rapidly. It had an ambiguity that created mystery. The ambiguity remained unresolved, creating ultimate dissatisfaction. But the dissatisfaction lasts in a way that is paradoxically satisfying. The (non) resolution left me annoyed, and as if I was supposed to have viewed the story another way all along.I suspect the reaction to it in the early 21st century may be quite different to when it was first written.


    Would you recommend The Turn of the Screw to your friends? Why or why not?

    Probably yes


    What about Simon Vance and Vanessa Benjamin ’s performance did you like?

    old English voices and modulating with different charactes.


    Do you think The Turn of the Screw needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

    I don't think this question makes sense.


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