The Turn of the Screw (Annotated): The Study Guide Edition

By: Henry James, Francis Gilbert

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

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Are you a student struggling to understand Henry James’s classic novel The Turn of the Screw?

Or are you an educator wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this difficult text? Do your students need support to understand the language properly and work independently on the book?

This edition of James’s haunting ghost story contains a comprehensive study guide to the work as well as extensive questions for students to work on in order to help their understanding. Aimed specifically at pupils reading the book as an exam text, there is a detailed introduction which outlines how to understand the difficult language, how to write top grade essays, and how to discuss the contexts of the novel. The complete text is punctuated by useful comments and engaging tasks on every chapter with answers provided at the back. The e-book contains many web links which will really help you as well.