The story is told through a first person narrative, and our narrator is “ the youngest of several daughters of a poor country parson”.
The Turn of the Screw is different from others novels of James in that there is an implication of danger of a horrid kind. Nevertheless, whether one reads the story as a straightforward ghost tale or as a more complex psychological study of one nanny losing her mind, it is still a scary and intriguing read, which leaves much to think about and discuss upon finishing. The Turn of the Screw is now infamous for its multiple story interpretations and all kinds of meanings that can be read into the text. However, Bly soon opens its horrors to the governess and she becomes aware that there are at least two ghosts in the house that haunt the children. The young governess willingly assumes her responsibilities, being totally delighted to be in charge of two beautiful, lovely and well-behaved children in such grand estate. The children are orphans under the responsibility of their uncle who, in turn, does not have much time to spend with them and resides in London.
First published as a series, it tells of a hired governess who comes to Bly, a country estate in Essex, to supervise two children, Miles and Flora. This is a horror novella penned by James in 1898 at the invitation of Robert J. “ Wasn’t it just a story-book over which I had fallen a-doze and a-dream?”.
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