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Loading... The Turn of the Screw, The Aspern Papers and Two Storiesby Henry James
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Heather_Brock | Nov 23, 2016 |  This book is delightfully creepy. While reading I often wondered if the story would be as chilling if someone else wrote it, or if I watched the movie, but I think it was the narrator that made the book work for me. A lot of ghost stories are cheesy, ineffective, or gruesome, but this book had just the right amount of vivid descriptions and "logical" reasoning from the narrator to make me wish I hadn't read the book alone at night. (  ) AngelClaw | Feb 3, 2016 | However--get to the point. Dan Brown isn't a fabulous writer, but he could teach James a few lessons about pacing. ( ) publiusdb | Aug 22, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.4Literature English (North America) American fiction Later 19th Century 1861-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage: (3.64)
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