Henry James

The Turn of the Screw [Annotated] Henry James

An imaginative young woman moves to Bly to take care of the two strange children living there, but this house is haunted by more than just its occupants' secrets....

Henry James' The Turn of the Screw has frightened and enchanted readers for generations thanks to its unreliable narrator and unnerving ambiguity. It has been the chilling inspiration for multiple feature films and, most recently, the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Bly Manor-the acclaimed follow-up to The Haunting of Hill House.

The story is presented here with a brief synopsis for each chapter to guide modern readers through James' opaque prose.