The Turn of the ScrewA new edition of James's chilling novella, edited by David Bromwich 'The apparition had reached the landing half way up and was therefore on the spot nearest the window where, at the sight of me, it stopped short' The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is