The Turn of the Screw

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.

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

图书标签:HenryJames美国文学英文原版小说美国哥特literature文学

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.

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.  

《螺丝在拧紧》的魅力在于1形式结构上：独特的叙事视角：近乎全篇女教师这个不可靠的叙事者，“疯子”的言语总是半真半假，虽然这是回忆，但几乎没有任何反思性的介入和作者客观介入；女教师在寻找真相，读者从女教师寻找真相过程中也在寻找真相，这完美的互相映照；开头引文真...  

《螺丝在拧紧》是一篇著名哥特小说的名字。以此标题为文集题目，国内出了个哥特中短篇小说的集子。 这本文集的序言告诉我们，哥特小说最流行的时候应该是上个世纪了。它诞生于十八世纪中叶，是一种风格独特的小说题材。“这种小说通常以古堡，废墟或荒野为背景，故事往往发生在...  

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...  

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...  

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Is there ever, an "innocent" child? Oh so wickedy wicked! Apparitions or not, the purer souls are always the easier targets for corruption. Still trying to figure out if there is a moral, or, this serves merely as a gothic entertainment.

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1898年出版，这种古早英语➕哥特鬼故事真的难读，已经看了好几天，依然是一打开看两页就想关上…//看完留言，越分析脑洞越大，之前想打3星来着现在直接五星！

用重複的場景設置營造恐懼並興奮的情緒，覺得刻意

1898年出版，这种古早英语➕哥特鬼故事真的难读，已经看了好几天，依然是一打开看两页就想关上…//看完留言，越分析脑洞越大，之前想打3星来着现在直接五星！