Track | Chapter | Length |
01 | 00 - Introduction | 19:28 |
02 | 01 - Chapter 01 | 11:09 |
03 | 02 - Chapter 02 | 9:44 |
04 | 03 - Chapter 03 | 13:49 |
05 | 04 - Chapter 04 | 13:10 |
06 | 05 - Chapter 05 | 9:48 |
07 | 06 - Chapter 06 | 16:20 |
08 | 07 - Chapter 07 | 9:50 |
09 | 08 - Chapter 08 | 13:06 |
10 | 09 - Chapter 09 | 12:33 |
11 | 10 - Chapter 10 | 10:43 |
12 | 11 - Chapter 11 | 9:16 |
13 | 12 - Chapter 12 | 7:48 |
14 | 13 - Chapter 13 | 12:30 |
15 | 14 - Chapter 14 | 9:16 |
16 | 15 - Chapter 15 | 7:19 |
17 | 16 - Chapter 16 | 7:02 |
18 | 17 - Chapter 17 | 10:41 |
19 | 18 - Chapter 18 | 7:34 |
20 | 19 - Chapter 19 | 8:18 |
21 | 20 - Chapter 20 | 11:16 |
22 | 21 - Chapter 21 | 13:35 |
23 | 22 - Chapter 22 | 8:54 |
24 | 23 - Chapter 23 | 9:09 |
25 | 24 - Chapter 24 | 12:56 |
Production
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Proof Listener: Arielle Lipshaw
Artwork
Cover and Label: 'I must have thrown myself, on my face, on the ground', illustration for the serialized printing of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw, April 2, 1898. Collier's Weekly, illustration by Eric Pape
Inset: Cover of the first edition
Inset: Henry James, by John Singer Sargent, date unknown
Insert: 'Holding my candle high, till I came within sight of the tall window ', illustration for the serialized printing of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw, April 2, 1898. Collier's Weekly, illustration by Eric Pape
Ever since The Turn of the Screw first appeared in early 1898 in 12 installments of Collier’s Weekly magazine, readers have been uncertain about the exact nature of the evil and horror they have experienced. The tale is told on Christmas Eve by an unnamed narrator who listens to a friend’s story about a governess he once knew who is now dead. She had been hired by the absentee owner of Bly, a country house, to look after his recently orphaned niece and nephew. She begins to see the figures of a man and woman lurking about that no one else seems to see. The housekeeper tells her that two recently deceased employees of the estate, Miss Jessel and Peter Quint, had been sexually intimate and had spent many hours with the children. She comes to believe that they are haunting the grounds, make themselves visible selectively, and are in touch with her young charges. Is it true? If so, why? Or is she crazy? The situation intensifies and unfortunate things happen, but the question is not resolved. Henry James returned to ghost story often, but tried to avoid stereotypes, preferring “the strange and sinister embroidered on the very type of the normal and easy”. The book is classified as both a ghost story and gothic tale; critics have been attempting to “solve it” since it was published. One described it as a “modest monument to ambiguity”. Quite so. It has been adapted frequently for the stage, films and television, often with new titles.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969832 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992808 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Henry James (1844 - 1916) |
Year | 1898 |
Recording | |
Read by | Elizabeth Klett |
Length | 4 hours and 35 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The Turn of the Screw
- Author: Henry James
- Product Code: DB-1263
- Availability: In Stock
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