{"product_id":"the-turn-of-the-screw","title":"The Turn of the Screw","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chilling ghost story, wrought with tantalising ambiguity, the basis for the new Netflix series \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Bly Manor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary', \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a malign and ghostly presence or something else entirely? \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e is James's great masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension and has influenced subsequent ghost stories and films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Deborah Kerr, and \u003ci\u003eThe Others\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Nicole Kidman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Penguin Classics edition contains a chronology, further reading, notes and an introduction by David Bromwich examining the dark ambiguity of James's work and the inseparability of narrative from point-of-view. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Henry James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52025345409325,"sku":"BS-8XD-441351","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780141441351-HD.jpg?v=1777301812","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-turn-of-the-screw","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}