A young governess at a remote country house becomes convinced that two ghosts are corrupting the two children in her care.
Books mentioned in The Turn of the Screw (2)
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe: “Was there a “secret” at Bly—a mystery of Udolpho or an insane, an unmentionable relative kept in unsuspected confinement?”
Amelia by Henry Fielding: “I remember that the book I had in my hand was Fielding's Amelia; also that I was wholly awake.”
Books that mention The Turn of the Screw (5)
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett: “Maeve had a stack of Henry James novels on her bedside table. The Turn of the Screw? Was that what they wanted?”
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield: “I understood the mysteries of Hester's wandering bookmark, the appearance of The Turn of the Screw and the disappearance of her diary.”
Letting Go by Philip Roth: “"Neither of us know anything really outside the Edmund Wilson one—" she said, "the ghost story." "Turn of the Screw," I said.”
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose: “Something similar occurs in The Turn of the Screw, another psychological thriller whose readers need all the help they can get.”