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The Turn of the Screw
- Author
- Henry James
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Audio-Visceral Productions
- Publish Date
- 6 October 2026
- Run Time
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. But she is not their first governess. Her predecessor, Miss Jessel, drowned herself when she became pregnant by the sadistic valet, Peter Quint, who was himself found dead soon after under mysterious circumstances. Now the new governess has begun to see the specters of Quint and Jessel haunting the children, and she must find a way to stop the fiends before it is too late. But one frightening question tortures the would-be heroine: are the ghosts real, or are they the product of her own fevered imagination? Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own.
Critics Review
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“In his thoughtful adaptation of Henry James’ spooky tale, Jeffrey Hatcher does away with the supernatural flummery, exchanging the story’s balanced ambiguities about the nature of reality for a portrait of psychological vampirism.”
Boston Globe
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“A dazzling act of the imagination. Mr. Hatcher has pushed James’ clever turn to its furthest degree.”
The New York Times
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Details
- Author
- Henry James
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9798236050807
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Audio-Visceral Productions
- Genre
- Horror and supernatural fiction
Synopsis
A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. But she is not their first governess. Her predecessor, Miss Jessel, drowned herself when she became pregnant by the sadistic valet, Peter Quint, who was himself found dead soon after under mysterious circumstances. Now the new governess has begun to see the specters of Quint and Jessel haunting the children, and she must find a way to stop the fiends before it is too late. But one frightening question tortures the would-be heroine: are the ghosts real, or are they the product of her own fevered imagination? Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own.
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