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Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw.

When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?

Having performed in films based on some of the greatest works in literature - including Sense and Sensibility, Howards End, Much Ado About Nothing, and Henry V - Thompson is no stranger to the classics, and she lends a graceful eloquence to this moody, macabre story. Joined by listener favorite Richard Armitage, who performs the prologue, Thompson reinvigorates this psychological thriller of life, death, evil, and the unknown.

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"[Narrator] Emma Thompson gives the performance we expect from an Oscar winner. Most listeners don't think of Henry James as a passionate writer, but passion is there, and Thompson brings it out - and adds some of her own.... Thompson's reading will teach new listeners how to read the text - and perhaps James in general - and to understand why he's considered a genius." ( AudioFile)

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Emma Thompson gives a singular performance. I was left with chills at the tale's end.

Superb performance of a chilling tale

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This story has truly earned its place as a literary classic. The style of writing is beautiful yet easy to understand. The story is more and more engaging with each chapter leading up to the finale...which stops short and is left frustratingly open ended. While some might call this style of ending genius, in my opinion, it's the single downfall of the story. Overall, it's still a great read and the narration was perfectly done.

Perfect but for the ending

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it was an interesting story and beautifully narrated but it does leave you puzzled as to the conclusion of the story. it's a good story for anyone who likes to pounder on conclusions with out being fed the answer.

interesting story

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Emma Thompson was magnificent!!!! The story was new to me, I found it fascinating. I have to re-read in order to understand or rather try to understand.

Oh my

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An opportunity to go back and listen to the greatest classics of our time. And The opportunity to hear every of the greatest actors of our time as well. Spectacular!

With all spectacular!

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