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The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novel by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 – April 16, 1898). Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novel focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.On Christmas Eve, an unnamed narrator listens to Douglas, a friend, read a manuscript written by a former governess whom Douglas claims to have known and who is now dead. The manuscript tells the story of how the young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. He lives mainly in London but also has a country house, Bly.

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