The Turn of the Screw and Other Short FictionBy: Henry James To read a story by Henry James is to enter a fully realized world unlike any othera rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complex characters. Devious children, sparring lovers, capricious American girls, obtuse bachelors, sibylline spinsters, and charming Europeans populate these five fascinating nouvelles, which represent the author in both his early and late phases. From the apparitions of evil that haunt the