The Turn of the Screw. By Henry James. Full Audiobook
"The Turn of the Screw" is a novella written by Henry James and published in 1898. The story is narrated by an anonymous narrator who recalls a Christmas Eve gathering at an old house, where guests listen to one another's ghost stories. A guest named Douglas introduces a story that involves two children, Flora and Miles, and his sister's governess, with whom he was in love. After procuring the governess's written record of events from his home, he provides a few introductory details. A handsome bachelor persuaded the governess to take a position as governess for his niece and nephew in an isolated country home after the previous governess died. Douglas begins to read from the written record, and the story shifts to the governess's point of view as she narrates her strange experience.

The governess begins her story with her first day at Bly, the country home, where she meets Flora and a maid named Mrs. Grose. The governess is nervous but feels relieved by Flora's beauty and charm. The next day she receives a letter from her employer, which contains a letter from Miles's headmaster saying that Miles cannot return to school. The letter does not specify what Miles has done to deserve expulsion, and, alarmed, the governess questions Mrs. Grose about it. Mrs. Grose admits that Miles has on occasion been bad, but only in the ways boys ought to be. The governess is reassured as she drives to meet Miles.

One evening, as the governess strolls around the grounds, she sees a strange man in a tower of the house and exchanges an intense stare with him. She says nothing to Mrs. Grose. Later, she catches the same man glaring into the dining-room window, and she rushes outside to investigate. The man is gone, and the governess looks into the window from outside. Her image in the window frightens Mrs. Grose, who has just walked into the room. The governess discusses her two experiences with Mrs. Grose, who identifies the strange man as Peter Quint, a former valet who is now dead.

Convinced that the ghost seeks Miles, the governess becomes rigid in her supervision of the children. One day, when the governess is at the lake with Flora, she sees a woman dressed in black and senses that the woman is Miss Jessel, her dead predecessor. The governess becomes convinced that the ghosts of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel are possessing the children, and she becomes increasingly paranoid and unstable. She believes that Miles is possessed by Peter Quint and that Flora is possessed by Miss Jessel. She tries to protect the children from the ghosts, but her efforts only make things worse.

The novella ends with the governess's final confrontation with Miles, who dies in her arms. The governess is left alone, and the reader is left to wonder whether the ghosts were real or whether they were a figment of the governess's imagination. The ambiguity of the ending has led to much debate among literary critics, and the novella is considered a masterpiece of psychological horror.

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00:00:00 The Turn Of The Screw
00:17:19 Chapter 1
00:27:01 Chapter 2
00:36:02 Chapter 3
00:48:07 Chapter 4
01:00:01 Chapter 5
01:08:45 Chapter 6
01:24:38 Chapter 7
01:34:12 Chapter 8
01:45:45 Chapter 9
01:56:48 Chapter 10
02:06:35 Chapter 11
02:14:54 Chapter 12
02:21:51 Chapter 13
02:33:07 Chapter 14
02:41:25 Chapter 15
02:47:57 Chapter 16
02:54:28 Chapter 17
03:04:10 Chapter 18
03:11:21 Chapter 19
03:19:09 Chapter 20
03:29:45 Chapter 21
03:43:07 Chapter 22
03:51:25 Chapter 23
03:59:34 Chapter 24

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