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Henry
James was born in New York City into a wealthy family. His father, Henry
James Sr, was one of the best-known intellectuals in
mid-nineteenth-century America, whose friends included Thoreau, Emerson
and Hawthorne. His Irish grandfather had provided the wealth that
endowed his heirs with the privileges of comfort and social affluence.
James made little money from his novels. After living in Paris, where
James was contributor to the New York Tribune, he moved to England,
living first in London and then in Rye, Sussex. During his first years
in Europe James wrote novels that portrayed Americans living abroad.
James's most famous short stories include The Turn of the Screw,
a ghost story in which the question of childhood corruption obsesses a
governess. |
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THE
TURN OF THE SCREW (101 KB)
Fiction
The story starts conventionally
enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas
Eve. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house
plagued by supernatural visitors. But in the hands of Henry James, the
master of nuance, this little tale of terror is an exquisite gem of
sexual and psychological ambiguity. Only the young governess can see the
ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are
controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil
purpose. The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the
children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the
children's uncle) is absent. Why does the young girl claim not to see a
perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the
children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving
the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates
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WASHINGTON
SQUARE (134 KB)
Fiction
Originally published in
1880, Washington Square was praised for its depiction of the
complicated relationship between a father and daughter. Catherine Sloper
lives in New York City's fashionable Washington Square district with her
aunt and her physician father. As Catherine is courted by Morris
Townsend, her father threatens disinheritance, and Townsend abandons
her. Only after her father dies, many years later, does Townsend attempt
to return to the Washington Square house and to Catherine. |
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