The Turn of the Screw
Widely recognized as one of literature's most gripping ghost stories, this classic tale of moral degradation concerns the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. The story begins when a governess arrives at an English country estate to look after Miles, aged ten, and Flora, eight. At first, everything...show more
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Victorian ghost story - all very proper, and this was delightfully written. I had always wondered about this particular classic. It is well worth the read and this audio version was very well read.
I listened to the audio through Craftlit, as part of the older episodes. I wasn't sure what I expected and I'm still not sure about it. It's tagged as a ghost story novella and I can get why it's a "big deal". But I'm in the area of "What a good plot!" and "Why can't it sound....less laborious?".
Classics, especially Victorian era classics, do have a certain method of speech and I get that, however this made me feel pulled out of the story more th...read more
Classics, especially Victorian era classics, do have a certain method of speech and I get that, however this made me feel pulled out of the story more th...read more
Well, once you get over the deliberately confusing language both the characters and the story are frankly.. rather dull. Which was incredibly disappointing, I wanted so badly to like this sorry given how much I enjoy gothic fiction as a whole but this one just fell rather flat
Um... no. I think it was supposed to be scary, but it wasn't. The implications were gross I think? Pedophilia? Or maybe nothing? I don't know, but I could have, maybe should have, skipped this book.
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