Book · 1898 · Governesses, fiction
The Turn of the Screw
- mentions
- 10
- people
- 4
- podcast
- 1
- episodes
- 8
- critical mentions
- 0
If you want psychosexual thrills, if you want to be really scared, if you want a great writer seeing what can be done with this media, you just can't beat Henry James.
What they say about it
- Adaptations and reviews of the work“review by Gillian Flynn”3
- Reading a book by Henry James“reading a book of Henry James”2
The best things said about it
I mean, obviously Turn of the Screw. It's so good. It's a beautiful a beautiful novela, Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
The Turn of the Screw, and you know, you read those not knowing what genre they are, but oh my god, there are thrillers.
I started reading it around Halloween.
And it's funny because I'm actually among other things reading a book of Henry James right now and one of the stories in the book it's really a Nolla that I'm reading right now is the turn of the screw which I hadn't read since I originally read it.
It's an interpretation of, you know, another reimagining of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw.
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is a classic gothic novella that follows a governess who becomes convinced that the remote estate where she cares for two children is haunted by malevolent spirits. Leigh Bardugo recommended the gothic masterpiece on The Book Review, praising it as a beautifully written short novel. Sadie Stein also championed the text on The Book Review as the definitive ghost story that launched a literary tradition, offering great psychosexual thrills for readers seeking sophisticated scares. Pamela Paul frequently discussed the novella across multiple episodes of The Book Review, mentioning her experience reading it in a Penguin Classics collection during quarantine, reviewing Emma Thompson's audio performance of the text, and reflecting on it as a haunting cornerstone of nineteenth-century psychological suspense. Sarah Lyall mentioned the book on The Book Review as a masterclass in genre ambiguity, reflecting on how readers encounter it without knowing whether they are reading a traditional ghost story or a psychological thriller. Together, these recurring discussions highlight the enduring power of James's narrative to unnerve readers and shape the conventions of modern thriller writing.
Every mention
Pamela Paul and actually I think in this week's issue we have a review by Gillian Flynn of Emma Thompson reading Henry… 6
“it's a penguin Classics Collection and I I started reading it around Halloween because like many people in quarantine there's a certain sameness to the days”
“the only ghost story I'd ever read by Henry James was the turn of the screw”
“and I read Henry James's the turn of the screw and other ghost stories”
“and it's funny because I'm actually among other things reading a book of Henry James right now and one of the stories in the book it's really a Nolla that I'm reading right now is the turn of the screw which I hadn't read since I originally read it”
“and actually I think in this week's issue we have a review by Gillian Flynn of Emma Thompson reading Henry James's turn of the scri right which sounds fabulous”
“this week's issue we have a review by Gillian Flynn of Emma Thompson reading Henry James's turn of the school”
Leigh Bardugo I mean, obviously Turn of the Screw. It's so good. It's a beautiful a beautiful novela, Turn of the Screw b… 1
“I mean, obviously Turn of the Screw. It's so good. It's a beautiful a beautiful novela, Turn of the Screw by Henry James.”
Sadie Stein but I think we could not end this conversation without mentioning a turn at the screw just because it start… 1
“but I think we could not end this conversation without mentioning a turn at the screw just because it started it all and it in if you want psychosexual Thrills if you want to be really scared if you want a great writer seeing what can be done with this media you just can't beat Henry James Henry James and”
Sarah Lyall So other things were like Rebecca, amazing thriller, The Turn of the Screw, and you know, you read those no… 2
“So other things were like Rebecca, amazing thriller, The Turn of the Screw, and you know, you read those not knowing what genre they are, but oh my god, there are thrillers.”
“it's an interpretation of you know another reimagining of Henry James's the turn of the screw and and last night I happened to go to a screening of a new film version called the turning which is yet another movie version of the Henry James”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Alongside Henry James' The Turn of the Screw and Stephen King's The Shining, The Haunting of Hill House, published in 1959, is one of the seminal haunted house stories of the 20th century.”
“that book is The Haunting of Hill housee by Shirley Jackson alongside Henry James's the turn of the screw and Stephen King's The Shining”