An
unnamed young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two
orphans, Miles and Flora. Yet she is soon oppressed by a sense of foreboding
and deep disquiet, becoming convinced that something dark is threatening her
young charges. But are supernatural forces at work, or is the danger
something altogether more earthly?

Henry James’s masterpiece, and widely considered to be the greatest ghost
story ever written, The Turn of the Screw remains the apogee of suspenseful,
haunting writing in the English language.