The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction

ToreadastorybyHenryJamesistoenteraworld--arich,perfectlycrafteddomainofvividlanguageandsplendid,complexcharacters.Deviouschildren,sparringlovers,capriciousAmericangirls,obtusebachelors,sibyllinespinstersandcharmingEuropeanspopulatethesefivefascinatingNouvelles--workswhichrepresenttheauthorinbothhisearlyandlatephases.FromtheapparitionsofevilthathauntthegovernessinTheTurnOfTheScrewtothestartlingself-scrutinyofanegotisticalmaninTheBeastInTheJungle,themysterioustumingsofhumanbehaviorareskillfullyandcoollyobserved--provingHenryJamestobeamasterofpsychologicalinsightaswellasoneofthefineststylistsofmodernEnglishliterature.