I Read Stories: The Turn Of The Screw
In the introduction people are telling ghost stories and one is noted as being very shocking due to it involving a child, but then one guy says, hey you think that’s bad? Here’s another turn of the screw, I know one that involves... two children! But, uh, I need to send to London for the documents.
This is an unpromising start, but it picks up, and by picks up I mean that Henry James creates atmosphere with his characteristically long sentences with many clauses. It’s like bathing in a sea of languid words! Anyway, this is a classic ghost story, it’s not long though modern writers would probably use half as many words, so I guess you’d lose something from it then.
Read This: To see what this classic ghost story is about
Don’t Read This: If you don’t like ghost stories or ornate overwrought prose.
In addition: Numerous adaptions have been made, and it is available for free to read online.
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