{"product_id":"the-turning-movie-tie-in-the-turn-of-the-screw-and-other-ghost-stories-9780143135708","title":"The Turning (Movie Tie-In): The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the greatest ghost stories ever told, \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e is now a feature film from Universal Pictures premiering January 24th, produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Finn Wolfhard and Mackenzie Davis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unsettling collection brings together eight of Henry James's tales exploring ghosts and the uncanny, including his infamous ghost story, \"The Turn of the Screw,\" a work saturated with evil. James's haunting masterpiece tells of a nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a malign and ghostly presence or something else entirely? This collection also includes \"The Jolly Corner,\" \"Owen Wingrave,\" and further tales of visitations, premonitions, madness, grief, and family secrets, where the living are just as mysterious and unknowable as the dead. In these chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the first great American psychologists and the author of the influential Pragmatism; his sister, Alice, though an invalid for most of her life, was a talented conversationalist, a lively letter writer, and a witty observer of the art and politics of her time.In search of the proper education for his children, Henry senior sent them to schools in America, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Returning to America, Henry junior lived in Newport, briefly attended Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began contributing stories and book reviews to magazines. Two more trips to Europe led to his final decision to settle there, first in Paris in 1875, then in London next year.James's first major novel, \u003ci\u003eRoderick Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1875, but it was \u003ci\u003eDaisy Miller\u003c\/i\u003e (1878) that brought him international fame as the chronicler of American expatriates and their European adventures. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe American\u003c\/i\u003e (1877), \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e (1880), \u003ci\u003e Princess Casamassima\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), and the three late masterpieces, \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e (1902), \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bowl \u003c\/i\u003e(1904). He also wrote plays, criticism, autobiography, travel books (including \u003ci\u003eThe American Scene\u003c\/i\u003e, 1907) and some of the finest short stories in the English language.His later works were little read during his lifetime but have since come to be recognized as forerunners of literary modernism. Upon the outbreak of World War I, James threw his energies into war relief work and decided to adopt British citizenship. One month before his death in 1916, he received the Order of Merit from King George V.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368831062290,"sku":"9780143135708","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6462db6f-a734-4ad8-a831-646b8d4a29c2.jpg?v=1728515683","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-turning-movie-tie-in-the-turn-of-the-screw-and-other-ghost-stories-9780143135708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}