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Item Details
Title:
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THE TURN OF THE SCREW AND THE ASPERN PAPERS
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By: |
Henry James, Anthony Curtis (Editor), Anthony Curtis |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0141439904 |
ISBN 13: |
9780141439907 |
Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
26 June, 2003 |
Pages: |
272 |
Description: |
In the "The Turn of the Screw" a governess is sent to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of evil, she thinks that something malevolent is stalking the children. "The Aspern Papers" tells the tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on the letters of a great poet. |
Synopsis: |
The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. Meanwhile The Aspern Papers explores obsession of a more worldly kind, with its tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet. Such is his drive, he is quite prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims... |
US Grade: |
Twelfth Grade and over |
Illustrations: |
notes |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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