The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James is a classic ambiguous work of psychological and supernatural suspense.
The story is open to interpretation and could be viewed as either a true ghost tale or a neurotic hallucination of an unreliable narrator, a mentally unstable governess placed in charge of two remarkable children.
The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James is a classic ambiguous work of psychological and supernatural suspense.
The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James is a classic ambiguous work of psychological and supernatural suspense.
The story is open to interpretation and could be viewed as either a true ghost tale or a neurotic hallucination of an unreliable narrator, a mentally unstable governess placed in charge of two remarkable children.
The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James is a classic ambiguous work of psychological and supernatural suspense.
Daisy Miller (1878) by Henry James is the story of the exuberant and naive Daisy Miller, a young American girl who flirts and partakes of young life to its fullest while visiting Europe. Daisy meets the more subtle and self-aware Winterbourne and their romance ends in misfortune.
The portrait of Daisy is a quintessential exploration of the social mores of her era. And her flirtatious disregard of them is simultaneously a breath of fresh air and the heart of tragedy."
Daisy Miller (1878) by Henry James is the story of the exuberant and naive Daisy Miller, a young American girl who flirts and partakes of young life t...
Daisy Miller (1878) by Henry James is the story of the exuberant and naive Daisy Miller, a young American girl who flirts and partakes of young life to its fullest while visiting Europe. Daisy meets the more subtle and self-aware Winterbourne and their romance ends in misfortune.
The portrait of Daisy is a quintessential exploration of the social mores of her era. And her flirtatious disregard of them is simultaneously a breath of fresh air and the heart of tragedy.
Daisy Miller (1878) by Henry James is the story of the exuberant and naive Daisy Miller, a young American girl who flirts and partakes of young life t...
THE NOVELS AND TALES OF HENRY JAMES New York Edition VOLUME I RODERICK ON HENRY JAMES NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS COPYRIGHT 1907 CHARLES SCIUBNERS SONS RENEWAL COPYRIGHT 1935 HENRY JAMES A-8.6r MH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PREFACE RODERICK HUDSON was begun in Florence in the spring of 1874, designed from the first for serial publication in The Atlantic Monthly, where it opened in January 1875 and persisted through the year. I yield to the pleasure of...
THE NOVELS AND TALES OF HENRY JAMES New York Edition VOLUME I RODERICK ON HENRY JAMES NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS COPYRIGHT 1907 CHARLES SCIUBNERS...
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Tasper Britt arose in the gray dawn, as usual. Some fishermen, seeking bait, stay up late and "jack" angleworms with a bull's-eye light. The big worms are abroad on the soil under cover of the darkness. Other fishermen get up early and dig while the dew is holding the smaller worms near the surface of the ground; in going after worms the shrewd operator makes the job easy for himself. Tasper Britt-"Twelve-per-cent Britt"-trimmed his slumber at both ends-was owl and early bird, both, in his pursuit of the pence of the people, and got 'em coming and going. He was the money boss for the town of...
Tasper Britt arose in the gray dawn, as usual. Some fishermen, seeking bait, stay up late and "jack" angleworms with a bull's-eye light. The big worms...
