Author(s): James, Henry
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0221
Barcode: 9781843799382
Release Date: 01/2015

JAMES, H.: Turn of the Screw (The) (Unabridged)

Perhaps the most brilliantly successful ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screw creates a terrifyingly believable impression of children so corrupted by evil that they remain deceptive pictures of innocent beauty. Their governess must struggle alone to confront and exorcise the demons which she believes possess their souls… Published in 1898, the story was immediately met with glowing reviews. It remains one of Henry James’s most popular works.

Tracklist

Disc 1
James, Henry - Author
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
1The Turn of the Screw09:58
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
2I knew the next day that a letter…10:06
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
3Chapter 1: I remember the whole beginning…11:07
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
4Chapter 2: This came home to me when…10:24
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
5Chapter 3: Her thus turning her back on me…07:22
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
6It was plump, one afternoon…06:24
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
7Chapter 4: It was not that I didn't wait…04:27
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
8The attraction of my small charges…09:09
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
Disc 2
1Chapter 5: Oh, she let me know as soon as…10:17
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
2Chapter 6: It took of course more than that…10:45
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
3I scarce know how to put my story into words…07:32
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
4Chapter 7: I got hold of Mrs. Grose…12:05
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
5Chapter 8: What I had said to Mrs. Grose…03:58
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
6It was a pity that I needed once more…09:03
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
7Chapter 9: I waited and waited…12:18
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
Disc 3
1Chapter 10: I remained awhile at the top…11:03
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
2Chapter 11: It was not till late next day…09:42
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
3Chapter 12: The particular impression I had…08:05
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
4Chapter 13: It was all very well to join them…06:33
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
5How can I retrace today the strange steps…06:31
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
6Chapter 14: Walking to church a certain…09:41
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
7Chapter 15: The business was practically…07:22
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
8Chapter 16: I had so perfectly expected…07:26
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
Disc 4
1Chapter 17: I went so far, in the evening…11:13
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
2Chapter 18: The next day, after lessons…08:08
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
3Chapter 19: We went straight to the lake…09:00
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
4Chapter 20: Just as in the churchyard…12:18
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
5Chapter 21: Before a new day, in my room…12:01
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
6Yes, it was a joy, and we were still shoulder…03:41
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
Disc 5
1Chapter 22: Yet it was when she had got off…09:27
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
2Chapter 23: 'Oh, more or less.'10:03
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
3Chapter 24: My sense of how he received…05:54
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)
4My face must have shown him I believed…08:03
Rawlins, Penelope (Reader)
Elliot, Ben (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 04:51:06