Ken Whitmore Knihy

The story follows young Frederick as he faces the monumental challenge of convincing the entire world to leap into the air at a specific moment to prevent catastrophe. This engaging narrative features a diverse cast with roles for six men and two women, allowing for creative doubling of characters. The plot blends whimsy with urgency, exploring themes of cooperation and the power of collective action in the face of impending doom.

Whether viewed as a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, or simply as "the most hopelessly evil story we have ever read," The Turn of the Screw is probably the most famous of ghostly tales and certainlythe most eerily equivocal. This new edition includes three rarely reprinted ghost stories from the 1890s, "Sir Edmund Orme," "Owen Wingrave," and "The Friends of the Friends," as well as relevant extracts from James's notebooks and journals.