With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at
Canterbury. The Turn of the Screw is the classic ghost story for which
James is most remembered. Set in a country house, it is a chilling tale of
the supernatural told by a master of the genre. The Aspern Papers is a tale
of Americans in Europe, a theme in which Henry James is at his most assured
and accomplished. The author cleverly evokes the drama of comédie humaine
against the settings of a Venetian palace.