The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly. In October 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. The novella follows a governess who, caring for two children at a remote country house, becomes convinced that they are haunted. The Turn of the Screw is considered a work of both Gothic and horror fiction.
First page of the 12-part serialisation of The Turn of the Screw in Collier's Weekly (January 27 – April 16, 1898)
The Turn of the Screw is often mentioned in relation to Jane Eyre, and alludes to the novel
"The next night, by the corner of the hearth, in the best chair … Douglas began to read"
"He did stand there!—But high up, beyond the lawn and at the very top of the tower"
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
James in 1913
Henry James, age 11, with his father, Henry James Sr. – 1854 daguerreotype by Mathew Brady
James, age 16
Grave marker in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
