The Turn of the Screw | Related Titles

James's talent in the genre of the supernatural, which culminated most perfectly in The Turn of the Screw, is evident throughout his career, from one of his first short stories, "A Passionate Pilgrim" (1871), to the unfinished novel he was working on at the time of his death, The Sense of the Past (1917). Other important supernatural tales are "The Last of the Valerii" (1874), "Sir Edmund Orme" (1891), "Owen Wingrave" (1892), "The Real Right Thing" (1899), "The Great Good Place" (1900), and "The Jolly Corner" (1908). These stories are not characterized by the sinister...

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