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An edition of The Turn of the Screw (1898)

The Turn of the Screw

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The story unfolds with the arrival of a new governess at a remote country estate. She has been hired by the uncle of two young orphans to take complete charge of the children's lives and upbringing. Her first peaceful weeks are disturbed by the apparition of the ghosts of two evil servants who once served in the house.

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Dent, Dutton Adult
Language
English
Pages
160

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The Turn of the Screw
Sep 27, 2011, Tribeca Books
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The Turn of the Screw
2008, Project Gutenberg
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The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics)
October 30, 1998, Penguin Books
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The Turn of the Screw
1991, Dover Publications, The Modern Library
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The turn of the screw: an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, essays in criticism
1989, WW Norton
in English
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The Turn of the Screw
February 1983, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
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The Turn of the Screw
1975, Dent, Dutton Adult
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories
1969, Penguin, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The turn of the screw.: An authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, essays in criticism.
1966, W. W. Norton
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The turn of the screw: and other stories
1966, Scholastic Book Services
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The turn of the screw
1930, Martin Secker
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Bibliography: p. xi-xiii.

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London
Series
Everyman's library -- no. 912

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS 2116 T94 1975, AC1 .E8 no. 912, PS2116.T8 .E8 no. 912

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Pagination
xiii, 160 p. ;
Number of pages
160

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL20081519M
Internet Archive
turnofscrewasper0000jame
ISBN 10
0460009125, 0460019120
OCLC/WorldCat
2292861, 5885677
LibraryThing
8508
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811815
6427903

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OL276386W

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The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.

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