The Turn of the Screw

出版者:Penguin Classics

作者:Henry James

页数:128

出版时间:1994-4-28

价格:GBP 2.00

装帧:Mass Market Paperback

isbn号码:9780140620610

具体描述

The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil.

作者简介

Henry James, OM, son of theologian Henry James Sr., brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an American-born author, one of the founders and leaders of a school of realism in fiction. He spent much of his life in England and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for a series of major novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. His plots centered on personal relationships, the proper exercise of power in such relationships, and other moral questions. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allowed him to explore the phenomena of consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.

James insisted that writers in Great Britain and America should be allowed the greatest freedom possible in presenting their view of the world, as French authors were. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators in his own novels and tales brought a new depth and interest to realistic fiction, and foreshadowed the modernist work of the twentieth century. An extraordinarily productive writer, in addition to his voluminous works of fiction he published articles and books of travel writing, biography, autobiography, and criticism,and wrote plays, some of which were performed during his lifetime with moderate success. His theatrical work is thought to have profoundly influenced his later novels and tales.

读后感

at first i wondered they were ghost stories.later, i guess they were psychopathic stories. finally, when i finished them, i realized they were simply psychopathic ghost stories. very thrilling one.  

故事很有意思，大部分都是女教师自述，让人忍不住怀疑是不是女教师有精神病或者妄想症，尤其是这本书的翻译，某些用词和对话很生硬很别扭，很莫名其妙，很容易有女教师自导自演一个故事的感觉。但是细想下，女教师从一开始的信心满满到后面知道自己前任女教师以及男仆之后，就...  

这是亨利詹姆斯的大作。 阅读过程几乎没有快感，但却是一本奇特的小说。它的奇特在于，给予了读者不同的阅读走向。 如，女家庭教师究竟有没有看到鬼？鬼魂是否只是出于她的想象？等等。这里很容易产生一些阴谋论的想法。 我不敢说完全看懂了，尤其是它的结局。讲故事的道格...  

用户评价

The Turn of the Screw gives off an air of suspense that lingers long after the last page is turned.

？？？结尾太突然了吧

I was ready to enjoy a ghost story, but then found it was a quite confusing one #头疼

#之前大学时挑灯夜读过，因为感觉太吓人了就没有读下去~

？？？结尾太突然了吧