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The Turn of the Screw
Henry James · 1898 · Horror & Gothic
A young governess arrives at the remote estate of Bly to care for two extraordinary children. When unexplained figures appear at the tower, windows and lake, she becomes convinced that the household's silences conceal a danger only she can confront.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 22 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Bly — House, Grounds and Approach
The World in 1898Empire, technology, mass print and new theories of mind surround the year Henry James published his country-house ghost story.
The Household of Bly — Relations
The Household of Bly
The Governess — Profile
Mrs. Grose — Profile
Arrival at Bly
The Dining-Room Window
This edition
- Title
- The Turn of the Screw
- Author
- Henry James (1843–1916)
- First published
- 1898
- Illustrated plates
- 65 original artworks · 22 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 25 · about 42,583 words
- Reading time
- 2 h 50 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #209
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