Authors: Henry James, Anne Flosnik
ISBN-13: 9781400110377, ISBN-10: 1400110378
Format: Compact Disc
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Date Published: December 2008
Edition: Unabridged
Henry James was a master at tracing the social boundaries of the Gilded Age -- between Old and New World, Europe and America, desire and convention, men and women. He brought an invaluably clear-eyed, and critical, sensibility to America's evolving cultural mores.
More than just a simple tale of the supernatural, James poses questions about childhood innocence, corruption and hysteria.
The story focuses on a naïve governess who takes charge of two children at the lonely house of Bly. When she begins to see ghosts, she believes that the children do too, with devastating consequences.