by Henry James · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140432244
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«The Aspern Papers and The Turn of the Screw» is the classic fiction volume by Henry James, from Penguin Classics in paperback (272 pages, in English).
The book brings together two novellas by Henry James. In «The Aspern Papers», a literary researcher devises a plan to obtain love letters written by an American poet and kept by an elderly woman in Venice. In «The Turn of the Screw», a governess tries to protect two children from ghostly figures, and the narrative delves into doubt and psychological terror.
Edited and introduced by Anthony Curtis. Part of the Penguin English Library series.
Recommended for readers of classics and gothic horror, as well as for those who want to approach Henry James in his original language.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
