The Turn of the Screw
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine
Publisher: New York: The Heritage Press, 1949.
Illustrator: Illustrated by Mariette Lydis
Price: $40.00
The Turn of the Screw
A lightly aged Book Club edition with some wear from aging, else Nearly Fine.
After being fired from his job, governess Mrs. Grose travels to the home of her former employer to collect her final wages. She is met at the door by the new master, Mr. Keddle, who tells her that his wife is not well and needs her help. The Groses enter the home to find the wife lying in bed, seemingly comatose. Mrs. Grose soon becomes convinced that the woman is not really ill, and she starts to distance herself from the family. When the child starts to act out, Mrs. Grose begins to fear that something is wrong. She confides in her old friend, the governess at the next-door home, and together they start to investigate the situation. It becomes clear that the woman on the bed is not actually ill, and the Groses are left bewildered and frightened.; Book Club Edition; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 145 pages; FSA.
