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Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw. When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Jolly Corner by Henry James is a captivating tale that delves into the mysteries of identity and the echoes of a life left behind. Spencer Brydon returns to New York after decades abroad and begins to confront the strange and haunting presence...

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.

"Il giro di vite", strepitoso capolavoro dell'horror ottocentesco, inaugura la collaborazione tra LA CASE Books e Vir la Forza delle parole. Una storia di enorme potenza evocativa e di grande attualità, tanto da aver ispirato la seconda stagione di "Hill House", l'acclamata serie TV prodotta da Netflix. Bly Manor, villa cupa e decadente, è lo scenario in cui si muovono Flora e Miles, due piccoli orfani di 8 e 9 anni. La villa in cui vivono però è infestata da oscure presenze, presenze che la loro giovane istitutrice riesce ad avvertire grazie al suo "sesto senso".

The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic ghost stories, read by three Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Henry James, M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton and Washington Irving.

Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of innocent children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons that she believes possess their souls....

Pero descubre que los niños parecen poseídos por una pareja de amantes ya fallecidos: la antigua niñera y un empleado de la casa. Más que el hecho de que sepamos si realmente existen esos fantasmas, la novela es un estudio del impacto psicológico que sufre la niñera a través de una narración que no busca esclarecer la verdad si no que juega a poner en duda cualquier interpretación.

The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic gothic stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Step into a shadowed realm where nothing is as it seems, and reality dances on the edge of illusion. Henry James's The Turn of the Screw is a masterpiece of ambiguity, a chilling tale that defies easy interpretation. Told through the eyes of a young governess, the story plunges readers into a haunting world of eerie whispers, mysterious children, and a sinister country estate. But is the darkness external—or does it lie within the human mind? James's novella is not just a ghost story; it is a psychological puzzle that invites endless debate.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Tuppence Middleton, star of Sense8, also known for her role in Downton Abbey. This definitive recording is edited by, and includes an Introduction by David Bromwich. In what Henry James called a 'trap for the unwary', The Turn of...

Step into the chilling world of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, a gothic masterpiece narrated by Ken Kowalik. This haunting tale of psychological suspense unravels the story of a young governess tasked with caring for two children in a remote Victorian mansion. As eerie events unfold and ghostly figures appear, she begins to question her own sanity and the sinister forces at play.

Prepare to be spellbound by "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. This audiobook is a masterful exploration of psychological suspense and the uncanny. With James' intricate narrative, you'll be transported to a remote English country house, where a young governess cares for two enigmatic children. As you listen, you'll unravel the mysteries surrounding the estate, its eerie history, and the unsettling behavior of the children. The story is a chilling examination of the boundaries between reality and the supernatural, making it a classic in the genre of gothic horror.

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.

A governess employed at a remote estate finds herself in charge of two young children. As the story unfolds, it would appear that nothing is as it should be. The governess doubts her own sanity when the children see things, and it seems that the estate is haunted. Is the governess in danger from the ghosts or is she in danger from the children?

A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at a forlorn estate...an estate haunted by a beckoning evil. Half-seen figures who glare from dark towers and dusty windows—silent, foul phantoms who, day by day, night by night, come closer, ever closer. With growing horror, the helpless governess realizes the fiendish creatures want the children, seeking to corrupt their bodies, possess their minds, own their souls. But worse, the governess discovers that Miles and Flora have no terror of the lurking evil.

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 10, and Flora, eight. At first, everything appears normal, but then events gradually begin to weave a spell of psychological terror.

¿Qué puede hacer una institutriz, sola en un aislado caserón, para proteger a sus dos pupilos del lento acoso de los fantasmas? Nos hallamos ante uno de los mejores argumentos de la literatura moderna. Henry James (1843 - 1916) fue un escritor y crítico literario estadounidense y nacionalizado británico, conocido por sus novelas y relatos basados en el punto de vista, técnica que le permitió el análisis psicológico de sus personajes. Narrador de dramas costumbristas, también se interesó por el género de intriga, suspenso y lo sobrenatural.

This ghost story is about a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.

A young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house. She sees the figure of an unknown man on the tower and his face at the window. It is Peter Quint, the master's dissolute valet, and he has come for Miles. But Peter Quint is dead....

In this classic, romantic ghost story, a governess on a remote country estate begins to believe her charges are possessed by the spirits of 2 dead former servants. Are her perceptions simply the fruit of her neuroses - or could they possibly be valid? A foray into the very heart of evil, Henry James's masterful novel is also remarkable for its psychological acuity and evocation of mood.