<p>Stephen King and Shirley Jackson agree that <em>The Turn of the Screw</em> is the GOAT of ghost-stories. It’s a gripping, excellently creepy potboiler about a mad governess and a pair of haunted children in a scary Victorian country house.</p><p>Henry James already had 14 novels and a load of short fiction behind him when he wrote <em>The Turn of the Screw</em>, and he channeled his talent for opaque, ambiguous storytelling to come up with one of the most truly chilling psychological thrillers ever written.</p><p>The novella – yes we’re happy to report that this is a short read – was serialized over three months in a magazine called <em>Collier’s Weekly</em> and then reprinted with another story as <em>The Two Magics</em>. It was a hit, which it needed to be because avid listeners to SLOB will remember that the 1890s in London was a competitive time for supernatural page turners. We’re looking at you, <em>Dracula</em>, <em>Sherlock Holmes</em> and <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray. </em>Find out why this is the decade of the unputdownable classic</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
