The Turn of the Screw & In the Cage by Henry James, Hortense Calisher

The Turn of the Screw & In the Cage

Henry James, Hortense Calisher

231 pages first pub 1898 (editions)

fiction classics horror challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition brings together one of literature's most famous ghost stories and one of Henry James's most unusual novellas. In The Turn of the Screw, a governess is haunted by ghosts from her young charges past; Vi...

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Moods

dark 100%
mysterious 100%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 100%

Loveable characters?

No: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

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Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

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