The Turn of the Screw is a novella (short novel) written by Henry James.
Grose find her in a clearing in the wood, and the governess.
The governess and Mrs.
They notice Flora\'s absence and go to look for her.
Later, Flora leaves the house while Miles plays music for the governess.
Prior to their deaths, they spent much of their time with Flora and Miles, and this fact has grim significance for the governess when she becomes convinced that the two children are secretly aware of the presence of the ghosts.
Grose that her predecessor, Miss Jessel, and another employee, Peter Quint, had had a sexual relationship with each other and had both died.
She learns from Mrs.
These figures come and go at will without ever being seen or challenged by other members of the household, and they seem to the governess to be supernatural.
Soon thereafter, the governess begins to see around the grounds of the estate the figures of a man and woman whom she does not recognize.
She fears that there is some horrid secret behind the expulsion, but is too charmed by the adorable young boy to want to press the issue.
Miles never speaks of the matter, and the governess is hesitant to raise the issue.
Miles soon returns from school for the summer just after a letter arrives from the headmaster stating that he has been expelled.
The governess travels to her new employer\'s country house and begins her duties.
The governess\'s new employer, the uncle of Miles and Flora, gives her full charge of the children and explicitly states that she is not to bother him with communications of any sort.
Grose.
She is currently being cared for by the housekeeper, Mrs.
The boy, Miles, is attending a boarding school, while his younger sister, Flora, is living at a country estate in Essex.
He lives mainly in London and is not interested in raising the children himself.
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 death of their parents.
An unnamed narrator listens to a male friend reading a manuscript written by a former governess whom the friend claims to have known and who is now dead.
Many critics have tried to determine the exact nature of the evil hinted at by the story.
The novella has had differing interpretations, often mutually exclusive.
Due to its ambiguous content, it became a favorite text of academics who subscribe to New Criticism.
Originally published in 1898, it is ostensibly a ghost story.
The Turn of the Screw is a novella (short novel) written by Henry James
